We could play different games or try making food from each culture. People by Peter Spier Penguin Random House Canada People Author Peter Spier Share Save Add to Goodreads A celebration of diverse world cultures from the brilliant Peter Spier, one of the most beloved children's illustrators of the last sixty years. Peter Spier died in 2017 at the age of 89. He illustrated more than 100 books and was also an avid and celebrated builder of model ships. Before coming to the United States he served in the Royal Dutch Navy. We could have a Multicultural Week where everyday of that week, we could research different cultures. Spier was born and educated in Amsterdam. Each student could do a family research project on their own family or another famous person or family.Ģ. Reading and thinking about how everyone is different in their own way made me want to keep reading as all the pictures were very detailed and unique as well! With its age however, i do not think that many parents would be ok with their children reading it without their approval first as some of the content may be a sensitive subject that the parents may want to address first.ġ. It was a great way to introduce multiculturalism.One of the things that grabbed my attention first was the cover because of how colorful it was and then just reading it was eye-opening. and the Christoffer Award for his book People in 1981.

I thought this book was very eye-opening and informative. Peter Spier is an award winning author and illustrator of childrens books, most of which were. It describes the different ways people like and do things and reminds us all of what it is like to be unique in our own ways. This book introduces multiculturalism in a very bright and colorful way! It describes what life is like for some of the millions of people on earth including everything from skin color to religions.

People by peter spier