My life in 8 words: "I try to make people--and myself--happy."
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I was thinking--what is the biggest problem facing the world today? Terrorism? The financial crisis? Poverty? Drugs?...
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Dan Gutman's Books
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Return of the Homework MachineThe sequel to the critically acclaimed and commercially successful middle-grade novel, The Homework Machine, now in paperback!Read More
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The Christmas GenieDan Gutman brings his classic kid humor and school-based stories to a favorite holiday in The Christmas Genie.Read More
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Nightmare at the Book FairDan Gutman's fast-paced school story for reluctant and rabid readers alike is now in paperback!Read More
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The Talent ShowDan Gutman brings us another humerous and action-packed advenutre for the middle-grade set.Read More
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The Homework MachineDoing homework becomes a thing of the past! Meet the D Squad, a foursome of fifth graders at the Grand Canyon School made up of a geek, a class...Read More
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Getting AirThey can rule the half-pipe, but can they survive this? Jimmy, David, and Henry are psyched. It's summer, school's out, and they are on their way to...Read More
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Back in Time with Benjamin FranklinOne minute Qwerty Stevens is researching a last-minute report on the Internet, and the next minute Benjamin Franklin is sitting on his bed! Thanks to...Read More
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Babe Ruth and the Ice Cream MessCRASH! Young George (Babe) Ruth sends his friends' baseball right through a kitchen window. George runs in fear all the way to his father's tavern,...Read More
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Race for the SkyJohnny Moore lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina at the turn of the twentieth century. He is there to witness the Wright brothers make history...Read More
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The Edison MysteryRobert Edwards Stevens, nicknamed "Qwerty," likes digging in his backyard when he's in a bad mood. He doesn't dig for anything special -- he just digs...Read More -
The Secret Life of Dr. DementedEvery American Wrestling Federation fan knows that, the evil Dr. Demented is the nastiest and most violent pro wrestler around, the man everyone loves...Read More
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Dan Gutman Revealed
Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Keep it simple, and never make the same mistake twice.
Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
A. Playing guitar
Q. What’s your best quality?
A. I communicate very well in writing.
Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
A. Thomas Edison
Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. I don't think there's any such thing. It's human nature to always want what we don't have, so if we ever achieved perfect happiness, we would want something ELSE. People are funny that way. I'm perfectly happy right now, but I'm always looking to make myself a better person anyway.
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The Progress, May 11, 2012
...Fifth graders at the Flocktown School in Long Valley met author Dan Gutman on Tuesday, April 24. In front, from left, are Brian Moffitt, Gutman, Ethan Cherubin and Caroline Isemann. At rear from left, are Owen Gibney, Anthony Litkenhaus, Robert...
School Library Journal, May 9, 2012
...Scieszka (2011, both HarperCollins). Third-grade boys (and sometimes second graders) like Jeff Brown's "Flat Stanley" books and Dan Gutman's "My Weird School" series (both HarperCollins). On the nonfiction side of the library, many fourth- and...
Caldwells Patch, May 7, 2012
...read All the Way Home by Newbery Honor novelist Patricia Reilly Giff, and Back in Time with Benjamin Franklin by Dan Gutman. “This was one of the closest competitions we have had,” said Washington School media specialist Cindy Kellenberger. “The...
Kinnelon-Butler Patch, April 9, 2012
..."No More Dead Dogs" by Gordon Korman "Ridding Freedom" by Pam Munoz Ryan "Shoeless Joe and Me" by Dan Gutman "A Crooked Kind of Perfect" by Linda Urdan "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" by Louis Sachar "Matilda" by Roald Dahl "Regarding the...
Philadelphia Daily News, April 4, 2012
...new branch has three computers and an activity room for children. On Wednesday, Haddonfield children's book author Dan Gutman was there to sign and hand out copies of his popular Weird School books to students from the city's R.C. Molina Elementary...
Education News, March 24, 2012
...the depth of literary aspects within a text, they offer objective measures of vocabulary and sentence complexity. Author Dan Gutman writes in the report’s foreword that kids should be reading “whatever they want,” but Stotsky says high school...
Huffington Post, March 23, 2012
...the depth of literary aspects within a text, they offer objective measures of vocabulary and sentence complexity. Author Dan Gutman writes in the report's foreword that kids should be reading " whatever they want ," but Stotsky says high school...
TheaterMania, February 29, 2012
...January 24-March 17). The company will present Jackie and Me, adapted by Steven Dietz from the book by Dan Gutman) directed by Marion McClinton. Actor Ansa Akyea will play Jackie Robinson (March 12-April 14). The season concludes with Sharon Holland's...
Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 29, 2012
...as the man who integrated major-league baseball. The work is adapted by Steven Dietz from the book by Dan Gutman (March 12-April 14, 2013). The Children's Theatre lineup includes Brosius' revival of Rosanna Staffa's "The Biggest Little House in the...
NeighborsGo.com, February 22, 2012
...3:30 p.m. South Garland Branch Library, 4845 Broadway Blvd., 972-205-3934 Book Series: My Weird School , by Dan Gutman...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 20, 2012
...The Sports Pages, edited by Jon Scieszka, illus. by Dan Santat, which features sports-themed stories from Tim Green, Dan Gutman, Gordon Korman, and others. HOLIDAY HOUSE Holiday House goes overboard with The Boston Tea Party by Russell Freedman, illus....
Darien IL Patch, February 20, 2012
...Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bears and Chicago Fire, as well as authors including Louis Sachar, Jan Brett and Dan Gutman. Some students got responses and others didn’t, but Shell said they made sure the kids understood they were writing to very busy...
Broadway World, February 18, 2012
...and integrity, says MST Theater for Youth Producing Director Vivienne M. St. John. Based on the book by Dan Gutman and adapted for the stage by award-winning playwright Steven Dietz, JACKIE AND ME performs Saturdays in February...
Bridgewater Patch, February 15, 2012
...Zusak "War Horse" by Michael Morpurgo "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher "The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable" by Dan Gutman "Switched" by Amanda Hocking...
