 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 | Peter Spier (1927–2017)Includes the names: SPIER P, P. Spier, SPIER PETER, Peter Spier, Peter Spiers, Peter E Spier, ill Peter Spier, Peter Spier Author, Spier Peter illust., Illustrated by Peter Spier ... (see complete list), Illustrated By Peter Spier | 8,598 (25,814) | 372 | 2,428 |  (3.79) | 4 | 0 | 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 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) — biography from People … (more) |
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Peter Spier has 1 past event. (show)  Author Signings at Lift Bridge during "A Taste of Brockport" During "A Taste of Brockport" hours Lift Bridge will be giving you a different kind of tasting! Stop in and get a "taste" of 4 different authors who have written books about The Erie Canal. Music too! **Ron Mazzarella author of There's a Whale in the Canal **Gerry Stafford author of Young Canaller **Donna Rogers Winter author of Bluebird of Brockport
** Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck and Richard Kron representing Herons Bend Production and Peter Spier's Erie Canal.
Location: Street: 45 Main St. City: Brockport, Province: New York Postal Code: 14420-1903 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
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