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.
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[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)
