First ebook edition published in the United States by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House. Urn:lcp:peterspierscircu00spie_0:lcpdf:7e3c6632-f0a8-4f71-8b1e-90d6aa5592e0 Copyright 1992 by Peter Spier All rights reserved. Spier seems to take particular delight in the sheer amount of mess that children, a cat, and a dog can make over a few weeks in December.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:09:10 Boxid IA139701 Boxid_2 CH131424 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st ed. His intricate ink-and-watercolor style holds up especially well to repeat readings, offering intriguing details like cookie crumbs beneath a table, an ornament broken by the youngest child, and a cat picking at the turkey carcass after the holiday feast. We have several of Spier’s books, and they all share his warmhearted perspective on his subjects, whether a circus, a farmer’s market, or children playing in a rain-soaked garden. Sam took it all in with wide, hungry eyes.

At night the children lug armfuls of new toys up to bed and fall asleep in a room strewn with books, a tricycle, and a locomotive the size of a toddler. Peter Spier’s Christmas! follows three children and their parents as they shop, decorate, bake, wrap, sing, wait, and finally tear open gifts on Christmas morning in a frenzy of delight. I have to say, it’s not nearly as good as my favorite Spier books. I love Peter Spier’s work (Rain, People, Noah’s Ark), so was looking forward to this text. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. It was a book about Christmas, but it was popular with Sam year-round. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Peter Spiers Circus at. We sink into a worn reading chair and travel into the world of a story.įor a stretch of time when my son Samuel was three, each night he demanded that we read a particular book by the author and illustrator Peter Spier. Their breathing slows and deepens, and so does mine. Jittery limbs stop moving for the first time all day. After a day of running and leaping, they climb into my lap at bedtime and almost instantly grow calm.

Their reaction is physical as much as mental. When I read to my two sons, I find myself marveling at the way they respond to good books.

Peter Spier's Circus by Peter Spier