Peter Spier
(1927 - 2017)
Peter Spier is a Dutch-born American illustrator and writer who has created more than thirty children’s books.
Bibliography
And So My Garden Grows (1969)
A collection of nursery rhymes that tell the tale of two children as they wander through towns and palaces of nineteenth-century Italy.
Bill’s Service Station (1981)
It’s a busy day at the service station.
The Book of Jonah (1985)
The Lord summons Jonah to go to Ninevah. After a detour through the belly of a whale he finally arrives.
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Bored - Nothing to Do! (1978)
Two brothers decide to build an airplane and it works!
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Bored - Nothing to Do! (1978)
Two brothers decide to build an airplane -- and it flies!
Boss Chombale (1957)
Peter accompanies his father to northern Rhodesia and is determined to become an old Africa hand.
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Boy Overboard! (1961)
Peter goes on his first voyage aboard the San Andres and has more adventures than he bargained for.
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.
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Cocoa (1953)
Peter finally has a colt of his own.
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.
Crash! Bang! Boom! (1972)
Pictures of sounds.
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Dreams (1986)
A book of cloud pictures.
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The Erie Canal (1970)
I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Eirie canal.
Esmeralda Ahoy! (1959)
Four children in a sailboat on the Thames.
Pamela Powell
Fast-Slow, High-Low (1972)
A book of opposites.
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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.
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Fire House (1981)
The alarm bell rings and the firemen are off!
Food Market (1981)
Sally accompanies her mother and the baby to the grocery store.
The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961)
The fox stole two of the farmer’s geese to feed his family.
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Frederica: Colonial Fort and Town (1969)
This is the history of the first colonial settlement in Georgia, on a coastal island.