He died on April 27, 2017, in Port Jefferson, New York. Spier started his career as a commercial artist for advertising agencies and only later focused on writing and illustrating children's books. The entire Spier family emigrated to the United States in 1950. After the war he studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam and joined the Royal Netherlands Navy for four years.

Jo Spier was Jewish, and, during the Second World War, Peter and his father were two of nine prisoners of Villa Bouchina and were later imprisoned in Theresienstadt. Spier was born in Amsterdam, North Holland, and grew up in Broek in Waterland, the son of Jo Spier, a popular artist and illustrator, and Tineke van Raalte. Peter Spier (J– April 27, 2017) was a Dutch-American illustrator and writer who created more than thirty children's books.

1982 National Book Award in the Picture Book category.

Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association.

London Bridge Is Falling Down! (1967), in the Mother Goose Library Series.

The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961).

Island City: Adventures In Old New York (1961).

The book begins with how we all start small despite being different shapes, sizes, and colors. Try this: 15 Ways to Encourage Your Child to Read Photos of 人 (People) by Peter Spier People by Peter Spier: We come in various dimensions and colors!

There is so much to discuss on each page, and each read brings about a new discovery. We are similar in many ways, and we are also uniquely different in the way we look, eat, play, speak, and worship.īoth of my children (2.5-year-old son and 5.5-year-old daughter) were captivated by the detailed illustrations. In the 人 (People) picture book, Spier celebrates human-kind and our wonderful diversity. We only have the hardcover English version, and I have been translating the words to Mandarin Chinese while reading some parts in English with my children.Īlthough the content contains many encyclopedic facts, the text of the English version is largely written in a conversation manner. 人 (People) is a picture book that was originally published in English and has been translated to simplified and traditional Chinese. Review of 人 (People) picture book by Peter Spier

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