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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: 4.15 · 9,490 ratings · 1,070 reviews · 83 distinct works • Similar authors
People
4.33 avg rating — 2,007 ratings — published 1979 — 43 editions
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The Fox Went Out on a Chill...
3.96 avg rating — 1,651 ratings — published 1961 — 41 editions
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Peter Spier's Rain
4.25 avg rating — 630 ratings — published 1982 — 20 editions
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The Star-Spangled Banner (R...
4.17 avg rating — 543 ratings — published 1973 — 72 editions
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Peter Spier's Christmas!
4.39 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 1983 — 18 editions
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Oh, Were They Ever Happy!
4.36 avg rating — 307 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions
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Bored - Nothing to Do!
4.37 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1978 — 18 editions
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Peter Spier's Circus (A Pic...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1992 — 14 editions
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We the People
4.24 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions
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The Erie Canal
4.17 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1970 — 14 editions
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Series by Peter Spier

London Bridge Is Falling Down! To Market! To Market! Hurrah, We're Outward Bound! And So My Garden Grows
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