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German refugee child, a devotee of Superman reading a Superman comic book, October 1942

June 1908 – Publication of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, which has since been translated into 20 languages and sold 50 million copies
June 1938 – First appearance of Superman (pictured), in Action Comics
20 June 1941 - Armstrong Sperry awarded the Newbery Medal for Call It Courage
25 June 2006 – The Children's Party at the Palace, held in honor of the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II held at Buckingham Palace Garden
26 June 1905 - Birth of Lynd Ward, illustrator of 200 juvenile and adult books and one of the founders of the American graphic novel

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