Peter Spier (1927–2017)
Autore di Noah's Ark
Sull'Autore
Peter Edward Spier was born in Amsterdam on June 6, 1927. His formal education ended in his early teens, about a year after the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in 1940. His father was imprisoned by the Nazis for an illustration of Hitler that speculated about what would have happened had he stayed a mostra altro painter. Since the family was Jewish, they were all sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. They were liberated by the Soviet Red Army in May 1945. Spier returned to the Netherlands after the war and served in the Royal Netherlands Navy for four years before immigrating to the United States in 1951. He worked in advertising before he began to write and illustrate children's books. His books included The Cow Who Fell in the Canal by Phyllis Krasilovsky, The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night, Of Dikes and Windmills, and Circus! He received the Caldecott Medal for Noah's Ark. He died of congestive heart failure on April 27, 2017 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Peter Spier in the Village Bookmarket, Palmyra, NY, on November 6 2010 to say hello and sign some copies of his book "The Erie Canal" - Photo by Marcia Marsille
Serie
Opere di Peter Spier
4 Board Books: Big Trucks, Little Trucks: Here Comes the Fire Trucks: Fast Cars, Slow Cars: Trucks That Dig and Dump (1988) 5 copie
雨、あめ (児童図書館・絵本の部屋) 3 copie
Nessun titolo 2 copie
Hoe spreekt hij dan? 2 copie
London Bridge is falling Down 1 copia
The Eerie Canal 1 copia
Fox, The 1 copia
O Circo 1 copia
Uffa, che barba| 1 copia
Opere correlate
The History of the Theater (The Odyssey Library, #16) (1964) — Illustratore — 21 copie, 1 recensione
Favorite Christmas Carols — Illustratore — 3 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1927-06-06
- Data di morte
- 2017-04-27
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Netherlands
USA - Luogo di nascita
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Luogo di residenza
- Theresienstadt concentration camp
Broek in Waterland, The Netherlands
Long Island, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
- Attività lavorative
- artist
author
Illustrator - Relazioni
- Spier, Jo (father)
- Organizzazioni
- Royal Netherlands Navy
Utenti
Recensioni
People di Peter Spier
A book dedicated to the beautiful and wonderful diversity of people across the world. Spier hilights the great variety of ways we dress, play, live, work, and celebrate while also showing what unites us. This book is larger than the normal picture book because how many illustrations are packed onto every page - the cover is a good example! I really enjoyed this celebration of the uniqueness of human beings.
Independent reading for ages 9 and up.
I'm surprised the illustrations in this pictureless book have aged as well as they did. The cars are a bit outdated. Most homes today would have a dishwasher full of dishes rather than a sink full. The old Electrolux barrel canister vacuum will be foreign to most youngsters. Still I think it would be fun to take this one to see what story my oldest great nephew tells as he looks at the illustrations.
Liste
Early Picture Books (10)
Christmas Books (1)
Precious People (1)
Sonlight Books (2)
Wordless Books (2)
Reading Rainbow (3)
Circus (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 60
- Opere correlate
- 26
- Utenti
- 10,973
- Popolarità
- #2,156
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 211
- ISBN
- 292
- Lingue
- 14
- Preferito da
- 5
