Peter Spier
(1927 - 2017)
Peter Spier is a Dutch-born American illustrator and writer who has created more than thirty children’s books.
Bibliography
Ancient Rome (1964)
A brief illustrated history of ancient Rome.
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.
Archaeology (1964)
An illustrated look at the high points of archaeology.
Architecture (1964)
A short history of buildings and their decoration from the awesome to the grotesque.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 12 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles some of which have new illustrations.
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Peter Spier
John Tenniel
Leonard Weisgard
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Best In Children’s Books Volume 17 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Charles Dickens
Edward Lear
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
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Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Ezra Jack Keats
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Peter Spier
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 19 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Charles E. Carryl
Eleanor Estes
Helen Dean Fish
Washington Irving
Frances Clarke Sayers
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Robin Jacques
Grace Paull
Peter Spier
Leonard Weisgard
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 19A (1967)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. In this later edition, Flipper to the Rescue substitutes for Rip Van Winkle.
Charles E. Carryl
Eleanor Estes
Helen Dean Fish
Frances Clarke Sayers
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Robin Jacques
Grace Paull
Peter Spier
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 22 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Eugene Field
Grace Paull
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Peter Spier
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 30 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Rose Fyleman
Charles Kingsley
Charles Perrault
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Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Peter Spier
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 38 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Margaret Wise Brown
Marguerite de Angeli
Eleanor Farjeon
Joel Chandler Harris
Edward Lear
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Paul Galdone
Feodor Rojankovsky
Peter Spier
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 39 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Carolyn Haywood
Richard Holberg
Ruth L. Holberg
Phyllis Krasilovsky
Juniper Sage
Anna Sewell
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Richard Scarry
Peter Spier
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 42 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Margery Clark
Beverly Cleary
Col. Wm. F. Cody
Alfred Tennyson
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Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Peter Spier
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 6 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Rachel Field
Rudyard Kipling
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Grace Paull
Henry C. Pitz
Peter Spier
Leonard Weisgard
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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!
Boy Overboard! (1961)
Peter goes on his first voyage aboard the San Andres and has more adventures than he bargained for.
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.
