Peter Spier

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Peter Spier (born June 6, 1927 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch-born American author and illustrator who has published more than thirty children's books.

Contents 1 Biographical information 2 Recognition 3 Works 4 External link

[edit] Biographical information

Spier was one of eight prisoners of Villa Bouchina during the Second World War.

Peter's father, Jo Spier was a very popular Dutch artist and illustrator.

[edit] Recognition

He has been awarded the 1978 Caldecott Medal, as well as the National Book Award (1982) and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1977) for his book, Noah's Ark.

[edit] Works

• Island City: Adventures In Old New York (1961)
• Hurrah, We're Outward Bound! (1968)
• Of Dikes and Windmills (1969)
• Erie Canal (1970)
• Star-Spangled Banner (1973)
• Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent (1975)
• Tin Lizzie (1975)
• Noah's Ark (1977)
• Bored—nothing to do! (1978)
• Cowardly Clyde (1979)
• Bill's Service Station (1981)
• Firehouse (1981)
• Food Market (1981)
• My School (1981)
• The Pet Store (1981)
• The Toy Shop (1981)
• Rain (1982)
• No Such Things (1983)
• The Book Of Jonah (1985)
• We The People: The Constitution Of The United States Of America (1987)
• People (1988)
• Big Trucks, Little Trucks (1988)
• Fast Cars, Slow Cars (1988)
• Here Come The Fire Trucks (1988)
• Trucks That Dig And Dump (1988)
• Star Spangled Banner (1992)
• Noah's Ark (1992)
• The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1994)
• Circus (1995)

[edit] External link

• Peter Spier's works in the de Grummond Collection the University of Southern Mississippi