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Peter Spier


Born
in Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 06, 1927

Died
April 27, 2017

Genre
Children's


Peter Spier has established himself as one of the most gifted illustrators in this county. His Noah's Ark was the 1978 Caldecott Award winner, while The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night was a Caldecott Honor book in 1962. The firs two books in his widely acclaimed Mother Goose Library, London Bridge Is Falling Down! and To Market! To Market! were winner and runner-up respectively for the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. The Erie Canal and Noah's Ark both won Christopher Awards, while Gobble, Growl, Grunt received Honorable Mention in the first Children's Science Book Award program, sponsored by the New York Academy of Science.

Born and educated in Amsterdam, Mr. Spier came to New York in 1952 after serving in the Royal Dutch Navy and working for ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 9,677 ratings · 1,115 reviews · 84 distinct works • Similar authors
People
4.33 avg rating — 2,021 ratings — published 1980 — 43 editions
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The Fox Went Out on a Chill...
3.96 avg rating — 1,670 ratings — published 1961 — 41 editions
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Peter Spier's Rain
4.26 avg rating — 638 ratings — published 1982 — 20 editions
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The Star-Spangled Banner
4.17 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 1973 — 72 editions
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Peter Spier's Christmas!
4.40 avg rating — 402 ratings — published 1983 — 18 editions
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Oh, Were They Ever Happy!
4.37 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions
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Bored - Nothing to Do!
4.39 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 1978 — 18 editions
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We the People
4.26 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions
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Peter Spier's Circus (A Pic...
4.02 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions
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The Erie Canal
4.18 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1970 — 14 editions
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