Peter Spier (1927–2017)
Auteur van Mensen, mensen, wàt een mensen!
Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Fotografie: 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
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Werken van 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 exemplaren
雨、あめ (児童図書館・絵本の部屋) 3 exemplaren
De koe die in het water viel en andere verhalen 3 exemplaren
Geen titel 2 exemplaren
Die fliegende Kiste 2 exemplaren
Hoe spreekt hij dan? 2 exemplaren
O Circo 1 exemplaar
The Eerie Canal 1 exemplaar
Fox, The 1 exemplaar
Book on Jonah 1 exemplaar
Uffa, che barba| 1 exemplaar
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Favorite Christmas Carols — Illustrator — 3 exemplaren
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1927-06-06
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2017-04-27
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Netherlands
USA - Geboorteplaats
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Woonplaatsen
- Theresienstadt concentration camp
Broek in Waterland, The Netherlands
Long Island, New York, USA - Opleiding
- Rijksakademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
- Beroepen
- artist
author
Illustrator - Relaties
- Spier, Jo (father)
- Organisaties
- Royal Netherlands Navy
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Besprekingen
Lijsten
Christmas Books (1)
Early Picture Books (10)
Circus (1)
Sonlight Books (2)
Wordless Books (2)
Reading Rainbow (3)
Prijzen
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 60
- Ook door
- 26
- Leden
- 10,376
- Populariteit
- #2,291
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 210
- ISBNs
- 289
- Talen
- 14
- Favoriet
- 4
Poor, old Annie.