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Daniel Pinkwater's Books
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The Hoboken Chicken EmergencySOMETHING'S FOWL IN HOBOKEN. When Arthur Bobowicz is sent out to bring home the family's Thanksgiving turkey, he returns instead with Henrietta -- a...Read More
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Mush's Jazz AdventureNow that Mush -- the talking, cooking, educated dog from space -- is part of the Mangiaro household, Kelly wants to know more about the planet...Read More
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Mush, a Dog From SpaceLASSIE, GO HOME -- MUSH IS HERE! Now that Kelly Mangiaro's family has moved out of their apartment into a house, she figures her parents will finally...Read More
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The Werewolf Club Meets Oliver TwitEven a child who is pure of heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the moon is full completely Mr. Talbot...Read More
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The Werewolf Club Meets the Hound of the BasketballsEven a child who is pure of heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms And the moon is full completely What's...Read More
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The Werewolf Club Meets DorkulaEven a child who is pure of heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the moon is full completely Henry Count...Read More
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The Lunchroom of DoomEven a child who is pure of heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the moon is full completely Werewolf...Read More
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The Magic PretzelEven a child who is pure of heart And does his homework neatly May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms And the moon is full completely Norman...Read More
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Authors on the Web
School Library Journal, May 18, 2012
...meant more expense, Candlewick kept upping the page count to make the pacing work.” Worth it. Even Daniel Pinkwater recommended it on NPR back in the day. Said School Library Journal of the book, “Denton’s softly hued watercolor illustrations...
Playbill, May 16, 2012
..." by Laurel Snyder; "Mr. Mentch," by The Mamas; and "Beautiful Yetta The Yiddish Chicken," by Daniel Pinkwater. I think Ive read every Jewish childrens book ever written, said Swados in a statement. They are hot, and they rock. They cook. There are no...
Palm Beach Interactive, May 15, 2012
...wound inflicted by standardized testing is what it has done to one of my favorite children's authors, Daniel Pinkwater. Pinkwater writes quirky, magical books for children, books that are rich in playful language and brimming with imagination. I still...
Washington Post, May 9, 2012
...being a child. I also still enjoy James Marshall’s stories about the hippos George and Martha. Anything Daniel Pinkwater writes — from “I Was A Second Grade Werewolf” to “The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death” — is a pleasure to read...
Brandchannel.com, April 30, 2012
...from the now infamous “Hare and the Pineapple” problem, based on a nonsensical fable written by popular author Daniel Pinkwater, with a moral (proclaimed by an owl in the story) that “pineapples don’t wear sleeves.” State education officials...
The Gulf Today, April 28, 2012
...of controversy in New York last week after it was used on a reading comprehension test for eighth-graders. Daniel Pinkwater, a National Public Radio commentator who also writes children’s literature, wrote the tale (or did he?). It’s about a...
MyNorthwest.com, April 28, 2012
...we all dreaded. Eigth graders in New York were given a passage from a book by childrens' author Daniel Pinkwater about a race between a talking pineapple and a hare. All the animals end up betting on the pineapple, reasoning that a tropical fruit would...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 17, 2012
...things astonished Jon Klassen about the reception given his first picture book, I Want My Hat Back: hearing Daniel Pinkwater read it aloud on NPR, being invited to talk about it with Martha Stewart on TV, learning it had become an Internet meme...
News-Times, February 16, 2012
...Nolan Head of children's services/teen services librarian: Geri Diorio Choices this week: "The Hoboken Chicken Emergency" by Daniel Pinkwater, "Owl Moon" by Jane Yolen, and "The Witches" by Roald Dahl. Books to buy The following books are available at...
School Library Journal, February 5, 2012
...Class President by Josh Lieb. The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater (which gets a shout-out in this book, no less) Other Blog Reviews: Educating Alice Misc: Quick! Act now and win yourself a galley...
TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, pu, September 20, 2011
...Often hilarious and usually surreal novelist Daniel Pinkwater is serializing his latest work, Bushman Lives , on the book’s website . The first three chapters are up so far, and they definitely continue the surreal and hilarious trend...
Boing Boing, September 17, 2011
...HOBOKEN CHICKEN EMERGENCY has gone to the web to premiere his latest work before it heads to hard-copy. Daniel Pinkwater's BUSHMAN LIVES will update with a new chapter every Monday, with the first already online. So far, it involves a giant gorilla and...
The Children's and Teens' Book Connection, July 11, 2011
...Celebrate nonsense poetry and its father in His Shoes Were Far Too Tight by Edward Lear, masterminded by Daniel Pinkwater.As a child, Pinkwater was captivated by The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear. In this wonderful tribute, he has captured Lear...
Crooked Timber, July 7, 2011
...reader/audience divide, and the experience is fundamentally different for the reader and for the audience. (When I read Daniel Pinkwater to my daughters, I am enjoying it and they are enjoying it. But I especially hate listening to John Holbo read...
