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Village Board Books
The Food Market
Text and illustrations introduce the many kinds of food that can be found at a supermarket. On heavy board pages cut in the shape of a store.
12 pages, Board book
First published January 1, 1981
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Peter Spier
83 books68 followersPeter 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 a number of years as a reporter for Elsevier's Weekly, Holland's largest magazine. He has illustrated over a hundred books and has contributed a series of murals to the H. F. Du Pont Winterthur Museum in Delaware.
Born and educated in Amsterdam, Mr. Spier came to New York in 1952 after serving in the Royal Dutch Navy and working for a number of years as a reporter for Elsevier's Weekly, Holland's largest magazine. He has illustrated over a hundred books and has contributed a series of murals to the H. F. Du Pont Winterthur Museum in Delaware.
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May 1, 2010
This little gem is unfortunately out of print. This book is my daughter's obsession of the moment and I am Peter Spier fan from way back.
The books features a family's trip to the local grocer to get food. While there the daughter hides and one gets to ask "Is she behind the stack of boxes?" NO! "Is she behind the freezer?" NO! naturally, the no part is of great appeal to Ozma. So are the whole page spread of vegetables, fruits and other food. The tiny, crammed full grocery store feels like something you would see in Europe or maybe parts of New York city. It is very much the corner store...not the mega buy mart that most American children today know as a grocery store.
Sorry, KRL library patrons, you cannot find this at your local library. This 1981 import was a lucky find at the Rotary Auction last year. It is part of a series and I wonder if I'll get lucky enough to find the other 'Village Books.'
The books features a family's trip to the local grocer to get food. While there the daughter hides and one gets to ask "Is she behind the stack of boxes?" NO! "Is she behind the freezer?" NO! naturally, the no part is of great appeal to Ozma. So are the whole page spread of vegetables, fruits and other food. The tiny, crammed full grocery store feels like something you would see in Europe or maybe parts of New York city. It is very much the corner store...not the mega buy mart that most American children today know as a grocery store.
Sorry, KRL library patrons, you cannot find this at your local library. This 1981 import was a lucky find at the Rotary Auction last year. It is part of a series and I wonder if I'll get lucky enough to find the other 'Village Books.'
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