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
Of Dikes and Windmills (1969)
The story of how the Dutch have built a country by pushing back the sea.
Read online at archive.org.
Oh, Were They Ever Happy! (1978)
One Saturday morning while their parents are away, the three Noonan children decide to paint the house. Read online at archive.org.
People (1980)
Describes and illustrates the diversity of peoples and their lives.
The Pet Store (1981)
Harry and Jane go to the Pet Store, but just to visit.
Peter Spier’s Advent Calendar Little Town of Bethlehem (1987)
A three-dimensional Advent calendar to assemble from pasteboard.
Peter Spier’s Advent Calendar Silent Night, Holy Night (1989)
A three-dimensional Advent calendar to assemble out of paste board.
Peter Spier’s Birthday Cake (1990)
A reusable pasteboard birthday cake.
Peter Spier’s Christmas! (1983)
A wordless evocation of Christmas.
Read online at archive.org.
Peter Spier’s Circus! (1992)
The Circus is coming to town!
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Peter Spier’s Little Cats (1984)
Five little kittens. When they are not eating … they sleep. All day.
Peter Spier’s Little Dogs (1984)
Six puppies are born and grow up in a hurry.
Peter Spier’s Little Ducks (1984)
Six ducks hatch out and go swimming.
Peter Spier’s Little Rabbits (1984)
Five little rabbits play -- and eat -- in the garden.
Peter Spier’s Rain (1982)
Playing in the rain.
Read online at archive.org.
The Prince and the Pauper (1954)
Edward Prince of Wales trades places with poor Tom Canty for a lark but finds it almost more than he can manage to trade back again.
Science and Living in Today’s World Grade 8 (1954)
An eighth grade textbook of science.
Sister Mary Raphael
Jo Spier
Peter Spier
The Sea Broke Through (1960)
A storm passes through Holland and the dikes break. This is the story of the men, women, boys and girls who responded to the emergency.
The Star-Spangled Banner (1973)
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming.
Read online at archive.org.
Straten Schrijven Historie (1951)
Streets Write History is a biographical and historical street book of Amsterdam.
To Market! To Market! (1967)
Illustrated nursery rhymes on the theme of the market.