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[rye-in-a-coat]

List of the people who happen to be the youngest one (at the bottom) listed in the "Births" list for the English Wikipedia article of each day of the year and who are also NOT sportspeople. As of 05/07/2024

January 3 2003 – Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist January 7 2004 – Sofia Wylie, American actress, singer, and dancer January 8 2000 – Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress January 9 2004 – Souhardya De, Indian author and columnist January 11 2000 – Chaeyeon, South Korean singer-songwriter January 15 2004 – Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter January 18 2010 - Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Canadian actress and dancer January 24 2012 – Princess Athena of Denmark January 25 2002 – Lil Mosey, American rapper January 26 2009 – The Suleman octuplets January 27 1998 – Devin Druid, American actor January 30 2005 – Prince Hashem, second son of King Abdullah II of Jordan

February 5 2016 – Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese prince February 10 2000 – Yara Shahidi, American actress and model February 13 2002 – Sophia Lillis, American actress February 19 2004 – Millie Bobby Brown, English actress, model and producer February 20 2003 – Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer February 21 1999 – Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, Thai actor and singer February 23 2002 – Emilia Jones, English actress February 25 2005 – Noah Jupe, English actor

March 1 2001 – Sapnap, American YouTuber March 2 2016 – Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne March 3 2001 – Jvke, American singer-songwriter March 4 2007 – Miya Cech, American actress March 5 2007 – Roman Griffin Davis, English actor March 6 2003 – Millicent Simmonds, American actres March 8 2004 – Kit Connor, English actor March 12 2008 – Emma Kok, Dutch singer March 14 2008 – Abby Ryder Fortson, American actress March 20 2003 – Cooper Hoffman, American actor March 26 2005 – Ella Anderson, American actress

April 6 2009 – Valentina Tronel, French child singer April 9 2004 – TommyInnit, British YouTuber and Twitch streamer April 10 2001 – Noa Kirel, Israeli singer April 17 2001 – Shin Ryujin, South Korean rapper, singer and dancer April 18 2001 – PinkPantheress, English singer, songwriter, and record producer April 19 2002 – Loren Gray, American singer and internet personality April 21 2007 – Princess Isabella of Denmark, daughter of King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark April 22 2011 – Violet McGraw, American actress April 23 2018 – Prince Louis of Wales April 29 2007 – Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess April 30 2003 – Jung Yun-seok, South Korean actor

May 2 2015 – Princess Charlotte of Wales, British royal, and third in line to the British throne May 4 1998 – Alexander O'Connor, English musician May 6 2019 – Prince Archie of Sussex May 8 2003 – Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco May 15 2002 – Chase Hudson, American internet celebrity, singer, actor May 17 1994 – Julie Anne San Jose, Filipina singer-songwriter May 18 2009 – Hala Finley, American actress May 19 2003 – Jojo Siwa, American dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality May 21 2002 – Elena Huelva, Spanish cancer activist and influencer May 22 2004 – Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress May 24 2001 – Emily Austin, journalist and social media influencer May 30 2000 – Jared S. Gilmore, American actor

June 1 1999 – Technoblade, American YouTuber and streamer June 4 2021 – Princess Lilibet of Sussex June 10 1999 – Blanche, Belgian singer June 12 1999 – CarryMinati, Indian YouTuber June 16 2003 – Anna Cathcart, Canadian actress June 18 1999 – Trippie Redd, American rapper June 19 2004 – Millie Gibson, English actress June 21 2011 – Lil Bub, American celebrity cat June 22 1999 – Sam Retford, Australian-English actor June 23 2008 – Lilliana Ketchman, American dancer and YouTuber June 26 2005 – Princess Alexia of the Netherlands June 29 2006 – Sam Lavagnino, American child voice actor

July 1 2003 – Storm Reid, American actress July 4 2003 – Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer July 15 2008 – Iain Armitage, American child actor July 16 1996 – Daniel Pearson, English actor and presenter July 20 1999 – Pop Smoke, American rapper and singer July 22 2013 – Prince George of Wales July 24 1998 – Bindi Irwin, Australian conservationist, zookeeper, and actress July 30 1999 – Joey King, American actress

August 12 2001 – Dixie D'Amelio, American social media personality and singer August 13 2000 – Na Jaemin, South Korean rapper, singer, dancer and actor August 14 2004 – Marsai Martin, American actress and producer August 20 2003 – Prince Gabriel of Belgium August 28 2003 – Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress August 31 2004 – Jang Won-young, South Korean singer and model

September 1 2003 – An Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress September 2 1998 – Choi Ye-bin, South Korean actress September 4 2001 – Talitha Bateman, American actress September 7 2006 – Ian Chen, American actor September 10 2004 – Gabriel Bateman, American actor September 13 1996 – Lili Reinhart, American actress September 14 1999 – Emma Kenney, American actress September 19 2001 – Ghina Raihanah, Indonesian advocate, model, and influencer September 23 1999 – Song Yu-qi, Chinese singer September 24 2003 – Joe Locke, Manx actor September 25 2009 – Leah Jeffries, American actress September 28 2000 – Frankie Jonas, American actor, singer, and songwriter September 30 2002 – Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress

October 1 2006 – Priah Ferguson, American actress October 3 2004 – Noah Schnapp, American actor October 4 1997 – Yuju, South Korean singer October 5 2006 – Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor October 7 2001 – Princess Senate Seeiso, Princess of Lesotho October 4 2001 – Rowan Blanchard, American actress October 15 2005 – Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark October 19 1999 – Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter October 20 1999 – Chuu, South Korean singer and television personality October 23 1999 – Yui Kobayashi, Japanese idol October 25 2001 – Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant October 26 2002 – Lee Eunsang, South Korean singer October 27 1999 – Haruka Kudo, Japanese singer and actress October 29 1996 – Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter October 31 2005 – Leonor, Princess of Asturias

November 3 2007 – Ever Anderson, American actress November 7 1997 – Nana Okada, Japanese singer November 8 2000 – Jasmine Thompson, English singer November 10 2009 – Christian Convery, Canadian actor November 20 2002 – Madisyn Shipman, American actress November 21 2000 – Isabel May, American actress November 27 2001 – Zoe Colletti, American actress November 28 2000 – Jackson Yee, Chinese singer, dancer and actor

December 4 1999 – Kim Do-yeon, South Korean singer and actress December 5 1998 – Conan Gray, American singer-songwriter December 14 2001 – Joshua Rush, American actor and activist December 17 1999 – Mirei Sasaki, Japanese singer, model, and actress December 19 1998 – King Princess, American singer-songwriter and musician December 23 2002 – Finn Wolfhard, Canadian actor and musician December 25 1999 – Adut Akech, South Sudanese-Australian fashion model December 30 1995 – V, South Korean singer

[picturebookmakers]

Carll Cneut

In this post, Carll talks about the creation of ‘De Gouden Kooi’ (The Golden Cage), and shares lots of stunning illustrations and work in progress. This equisite picturebook was written by Anna Castagnoli and is published in Belgium by De Eenhoorn.

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Carll: I met Anna Castagnoli many years ago in Italy. Shortly after our first meeting, Anna wrote to me saying she had written this story about a princess. I can’t say I was immediately enthusiastic on hearing it was about a princess. But when I read the first line, I was already smitten with it...

The daughter of the emperor was called Valentina. She was unbearable.

The full title of the book is: ‘The Golden Cage: The True Story of The Blood Princess’.

Valentina, daughter of the emperor, is a spoiled brat, who loves and collects birds in the gardens of the palace. For her tenth birthday, she receives a golden cage from her father, and she decides she wants a talking bird to put in it. So lots of servants are sent off to all corners of the world, searching for a talking bird. But all they find are parrots who can only repeat. Days, weeks and months go by and the golden cage remains empty.

Until one day, a handsome young servant with blue eyes arrives at the palace...

And that’s all I can say!

Anna’s story has everything of a classic fairy tale.

To start with, I sat down and sketched, and made endless dummies of the book until I got everything as I felt it should be. Then I painted for months and months. I painted from dark to light, the opposite of what is usually done. I picked that up from painters like Anthony van Dyck in his Italian period. It is painstakingly slow as a process. For example, to paint a yellow plume (every plume is painted separately), first I paint the plume dark brown. On top of that goes a layer of dark red, then a layer of bright red. Then orange. Then dark yellow, mid yellow, yellow, light yellow... I paint with acrylics.

Sometimes I curse myself for working with this process!

Parts of the images in this book are left unfinished, and show my pencil drawings underneath. Being used to always completing every detail, this was a hard thing for me to do. I was doubting it, so I put an image on Facebook and got an awful lot of ‘don’t touch it anymore’ reactions. I tried to be brave and keep unfinished parts throughout the book. But throughout the whole process, I had this little voice in my head questioning: shouldn’t you finish every detail?

I have always felt that a picture book is an object to be used. An object which has a function and is not just a collection of words and accompanying images. So, every detail is important. The rhythm of the story, the turning of the pages, how the paper feels, the size of the book, and so on. I think a lot about all this before starting a book. So by the time I start work on a project, I usually have a defined idea of how the book should look, feel, and be designed.

Once the project is finished, I sit down with the graphic designer and we design the book together, search for the right paper, etc. Actually, I was originally a graphic designer who never meant to become an illustrator!

With ‘The Golden Cage’, I knew what the book had to look like right away. It had to be big, and there had to be handwriting in it. (I did the handwriting in most language editions of this book.)

For years, I had wanted to do some kind of graphic activity book. When getting so into painting birds it just struck me that this was a good opportunity to make an activity book alongside ‘The Golden Cage’, using the same graphic design to create some visual unity between the two of them. But of course, both books can be read or used separately.

After ‘The Golden Cage’, I made another picture book with De Eenhoorn called ‘Witchfairy’, written by Brigitte Minne. It is actually a story I illustrated at the very start of my career. And so, many years later, I decided to illustrate it again. Same story. New illustrations. New book!

It will be published in English by Book Island in October 2017.

My main publisher, De Eenhoorn, has always given me an immense freedom. I have been working with them for many years, since their early days, so there is a complete trust between us. We both know we are trying to make the best book we can make at that very moment. And we both have the same vision of books and publishing. So they give me all the freedom I need.

At the moment, I am starting work on a book with Dutch writer, Toon Tellegen. One of my long-time heroes. Exciting but also a bit scary. And I am preparing a big exhibition of illustrations in France, in Moulins, and also a show at an art gallery here in Belgium.

Alongside the books and exhibitions, I have taught illustration for many years at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent. Something I try to teach my students is that you should always try to safeguard your authenticity. I realise this is not always easy. But I believe it is imperative if you want a long career.

Illustrations © Carll Cneut. Post edited by dPICTUS.

Buy this picturebook

De Gouden Kooi / The Golden Cage

Anna Castagnoli & Carll Cneut

De Eenhoorn, Belgium, 2015

Valentina, the spoiled daughter of the emperor, loved birds very much. In the garden there were hundreds of cages with beautiful species. But Valentina wanted a special bird: one which she could talk with. Many servants died during their dangerous quest for this bird. And when they dared to come back empty-handed, or with a wrong bird, Valentina, the ‘blood princess’, had them beheaded. Until one day, a handsome servant comes to the palace gate...

Winner of a White Ravens Award.

Dutch: De Eenhoorn

French: Pastel

Italian: Topipittori

German: Bohem Verlag

Spanish: Barbara Fiore Editora

Polish: Wydawnictwo Dwie Siostry

Chinese (Simplified): Petrel Publishing House

Preorder the English edition

Heksenfee / Witchfairy

Brigitte Minne & Carll Cneut

De Eenhoorn, Belgium, 2016

Rosemary is bored of being a fairy. She’d much rather be a witch. Much to the disapproval of her mother, she takes off to spend time with the witches in the dark wood. Rosemary thoroughly enjoys her new life as a witch but eventually decides to take the best of both worlds and becomes a witchfairy.

Dutch: De Eenhoorn

English: Book Island

French: Pastel

Italian: Topipittori

German: Bohem Verlag

[horseaddictblog-blog]

Horse Name Ideas from A-Z So You Can Pick the Right One

Last year during my search for a new horse I came across some horses with some pretty interesting names. I'm no stranger to horses with unusual names as my last one was named Toes. I wish I had learned the story behind his name, but it's still a mystery. What I do know though, is that apparently he used to be stabled next to a horse named Shoes. For real. And if you think those names are ridiculous, check out this horse named Horsey McHorseface! 

I started thinking about what I would name a horse, and after chatting with some friends I've started a list of names for you to use as a resource in case you want to rename your horse, or if you're lucky enough to name a foal.

In my own life, my new horse is named Frodo. I'll admit I've never seen Lord of the Rings but somehow I think it suits him and I decided not to change it. What do you think? Here's a couple pictures of him. 

I realize that "bad" and "good" horse names are very subjective and I'm sure I'm missing many great names, so If you have suggestions please leave them in the comments below!

A

Ace Angeleno (AJ or Angel for short) Annabel Apollo Arabella Atlas

B

Bailey Barnaby Bear Beau (or Bo) Beauty Bella Blondie Buddy Brandy (good for bays)

C

Calypso Captain Cappuccino Cartouche Charm Champ Chief Chip Clover Coco Concerto

D

Delphi Dexter Dolly Domino (good for a black and white Paint) Dora (could have Veladora or Doriena as a show name) Dorado

E

Echo Eye of the Storm

F

Fancy Felix Finvarra Fleur Fleury Flicka

G

Get Smart Ghost (good for a gray horse) Ginger

H

High Hopes (Hope for short) High Roller

I

Indy (Indigo for a show name) Irish or Irish Luck (good for an Irish Sport Horse)

J

Jabelle (Bella for short) Jackson (Jax for short) Jaipur Jasper Jewel

K

Keep the Faith (Faith for short) Koda (Indian name for friend)

L

Lady Lucky Luna Lux

M

Major Midnight (good for a black horse) Mirage Miss Molly Monty Muffin

N

Noir (good for a black horse)

O

Oliver

P

Paint the Sky (For a Paint) Pepper Pepsi (For a horse full of energy. This is the name of the main character's horse in my middle-grade mystery, as well as the name of one of my favorite childhood horses) Priceless Prince Princess

Q

Quintessa

R

Raven Reilly Rembrant (Remi for short) Rhapsody River Rocky Romeo

S

Sassy Scout Serafina (for those who are fans of the Serafina and the Black Cloak book!) Shadow Silvana Sky Spirit Stella Sterling (good for a gray) Star Stormy Sullivan (Sully for short) Super Sox (Sox for short)

T

Talk of the Town Teddy The Flying Dutchman (good for a Dutch Warmblood) Titus Traveler

U

Ultra Blue (good for a gray horse, Blue for short) Unlimited

V

Valentina Velocity Violet

W

Whiskers (good for a silly horse, maybe Mr. Whiskers for a show name) Willow Wings (With Wings for a show name) Winston

Z

Zahara Zara Zarentina Zelda Zella Zeus Zibbibo Zinnia

Places can make good names. Here's some popular ones:

Aspen Berlin Coronado Dakota Davos London Paris Sydney

Fun Pony Names

Bada Bing Biscuit Buttons Brownie Candy Freckles Fritz Fuzz Lil' Bit Mighty Mouse Mr. Wiggles Oreo Patches Peaches Peanut Pumpkin Snickers Squeak Tiny Tim Twix One last suggestion is inspired from a trio of ponies at my barn. One is named Bacon, one is Egg, and another is Cheddar!