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Peter Spier

Author,Illustrator

(1927 - 2017)

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Peter Spier is a Dutch-born American illustrator and writer who has created more than thirty children’s books.

Peter Spier was the son of Jo Spier, a noted illustrator of children's books.



Bibliography

And So My Garden Grows (1969)

And So My Garden Grows Peter Spier in 1969 book cover

A collection of nursery rhymes that tell the tale of two children as they wander through towns and palaces of nineteenth-century Italy.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Bill’s Service Station (1981)

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It’s a busy day at the service station.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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The Book of Jonah (1985)

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The Lord summons Jonah to go to Ninevah. After a detour through the belly of a whale he finally arrives.

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Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Bored - Nothing to Do! (1978)

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Two brothers decide to build an airplane and it works!

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Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Bored - Nothing to Do! (1978)

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Two brothers decide to build an airplane -- and it flies!

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Boss Chombale (1957)

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Peter accompanies his father to northern Rhodesia and is determined to become an old Africa hand.

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Author(s): Margaret Carson Hubbard
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Boy Overboard! (1961)

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Peter goes on his first voyage aboard the San Andres and has more adventures than he bargained for.

Author(s): Captain George H. Grant
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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A Cabin for the Mary Christmas (1955)

Cabin for the Mary Christmas Amrein Spier 1955 book cover

School is closed by an epidemic and the Brice children spend the long vacation helping to build a cabin on a small sailboat.

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Author(s): Vera A. Amrein
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Cargo for Jennifer (1954)

Cargo for Jennifer Marjorie Vetter book cover

Jennifer Calderón is a New York high school student who never knew her father. When her father's family invites her to spend a year in Cuba with them, she learns about Cuba and her heritage.

Author(s): Marjorie Vetter
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Cocoa (1953)

Cocoa Otto Spier 1953 book cover

Peter finally has a colt of his own.

Author(s): Margaret Glover Otto
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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The Cow Who Fell in the Canal (1957)

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Hendrika the cow is bored. When she falls into the canal, she climbs onto a scow and floats down to the city.

Author(s): Phyllis Krasilovsky
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Crash! Bang! Boom! (1972)

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Pictures of sounds.

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Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Dreams (1986)

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A book of cloud pictures.

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Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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The Erie Canal (1970)

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I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Eirie canal.

Author(s): Thomas S. Allen
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Esmeralda Ahoy! (1959)

Esmerelda Ahoy Fairholme Powell Spier 1959 book cover

Four children in a sailboat on the Thames.

Author(s): Elizabeth Fairholme
Pamela Powell
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Fast-Slow, High-Low (1972)

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A book of opposites.

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Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Father, May I Come? (1993)

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Two stories of Dutch lifesaving boats and their crews are separated by more than three hundred years, but nothing essential has changed.

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Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Fire House (1981)

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The alarm bell rings and the firemen are off!

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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Food Market (1981)

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Sally accompanies her mother and the baby to the grocery store.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961)

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The fox stole two of the farmer’s geese to feed his family.

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Author(s): Burl Ives
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

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