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Peter Spier
(1927 - 2017)
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
A Cabin for the Mary Christmas (1955)
School is closed by an epidemic and the Brice children spend the long vacation helping to build a cabin on a small sailboat.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Vera A. Amrein
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Cargo for Jennifer (1954)
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
Cocoa (1953)
Peter finally has a colt of his own.
Author(s):
Margaret Glover Otto
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Cow Who Fell in the Canal (1957)
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
Crash! Bang! Boom! (1972)
Pictures of sounds.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Creation (1983)
In the beginning God made heaven and earth. An illustrated telling of the first seven days.
Author(s):
Peter Seymour
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
De Mantel (1946)
The story of an overcoat by the Russian master. Here translated into Dutch.
Author(s):
Nikolai Gogol
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Dreams (1986)
A book of cloud pictures.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Elizabethan England (1965)
A very British short history of the reign of the virgin queen.
Author(s):
Anthony West
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Erie Canal (1970)
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
Esmeralda Ahoy! (1959)
Four children in a sailboat on the Thames.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Fairholme
Pamela Powell
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Fast-Slow, High-Low (1972)
A book of opposites.
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Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Father, May I Come? (1993)
Two stories of Dutch lifesaving boats and their crews are separated by more than three hundred years, but nothing essential has changed.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Fire House (1981)
The alarm bell rings and the firemen are off!
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Food Market (1981)
Sally accompanies her mother and the baby to the grocery store.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961)
The fox stole two of the farmer’s geese to feed his family.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Burl Ives
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Frederica: Colonial Fort and Town (1969)
This is the history of the first colonial settlement in Georgia, on a coastal island.
Author(s):
T. R. Reese
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Gobble, Growl, Grunt (1971)
A book of animal sounds.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Golden Garden Guide (1960)
A practical handbook of gardening and outdoor living, prepared in cooperation with the Ford Motor Company.
Author(s):
John Burton Brimer
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Illustrator(s):
William Sayles
Ned Seidler
Peter Spier
Golden Guide to Lawns, Trees and Shrubs (1961)
An illustrated guide to selecting, planting and caring for your lawn and garden.