![]() The director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Horning continued, “His use of wordless sequential art is just as fresh today as it was when the book was first published 40 years ago.” Susannah Richards, associate professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, remembers Spier’s books from her own childhood. ![]() Horning told School Library Journal when asked for her thoughts on Spier's contributions to the landscape of children's literature. “Spier’s 1978 Caldecott Medal book, Noah’s Ark, was decades ahead of its time,” K.T. ![]() Spier was known for his detailed drawings that encouraged a closer look at illustrations, which gave a new perspective to familiar stories, places, and songs in Noah’s Ark (Doubleday, 1977), Circus! (Dragonfly Books, 1995), and The Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night (Dragonfly Books, 1961). ![]() Spier died on Apin Port Jefferson, on Long Island, NY, at the age of 89. Photo by David Osika The world of children’s literature is mourning award-winning illustrator, Peter Spier. ![]()
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