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Spier, Peter
3 Reviews
(2)
K-3
Spier's fertile imagination and eye for humor puts the familiar Old Testament story in a context of busy, bustling everyday life. The adaptation is admirably simple and clear; the profusion of lively, detailed, and color-filled illustrations--which skillfully compress scenes of teeming crowds and cities into small pictorial gems--will be a source of delight. An appendix features diagrams, maps, and biblical and (updated) historical notes.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 1986
(2)
K-3
Half of the illustrations for this Caldecott Honor Book, first published in 1961 and in print ever since, were in black and white. Spier has added color by hand, matching the palette of the original's cozy autumnal New England scenes. Musical notation for the folksong on which the story is based is included; an appended artist's note engagingly describes the colorization process.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
December, 1961;
May, 2015
(3)
K-3
Spier's pictorial introduction to the Constitution has been redesigned and updated. Spier illustrates each of the ten clauses in the preamble--e.g., "establish Justice" and "provide for the common defense"--over one or two double-page spreads. Small scenes of colonial life face corresponding vignettes of contemporary life, giving readers points of comparison. A history of the Constitution and its complete text are appended.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
3 reviews
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