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(1927-2017) Writer, illustrator. Peter Spier was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and died in Port Jefferson, New York. He was an award-winning children’s-book author and illustrator.

Full Name

Peter Spier

Locations

Suffolk

Author's Timeline

1927

BIRTH

Peter Edward Spier was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on June 6, 1927.

1961

LITWORK

The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night
Doubleday Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition, 2014
0385376162 / 978-0385376167
Children's book.

1969

LITWORK

Of Dikes and Windmills
Doubleday
0385083874 / 978-0385083874
Nonfiction.

1977

LITWORK

Noah's Ark
Doubleday
038541076X / 978-0385094733
Children's book and winner of the Caldecott Medal.

1980

LITWORK

People
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
038513181X / 978-0385131810
Children's book.

1983

LITWORK

Peter Spier's Christmas!
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
0385131844 / 978-0385131841
Children's book.

1987

LITWORK

We the People: The Constitution of the United States
Doubleday Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition, 2014
0385376170 / 978-0385376174
Children's book.

1992

LITWORK

Peter Spier's Circus
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
0385419694 / 978-0385419697
Children's book.

2017

DEATH

Peter Spier died in Port Jefferson, New York, on April 27, 2017.

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