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Daniel Pinkwater

Daniel Pinkwater

Daniel Pinkwater

Daniel Pinkwater is the author of several bestselling children's books as well as a popular commentator on National Public Radio. He writes regular reviews on Contentville.com. Daniel lives in Hyde Park, New York.

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Excerpt 1 from Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stor
Apr 05, 2013
Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stor will be released on March 07, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Mar 07, 2011
Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stor is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 07, 2011
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Chapter 2 from The Werewolf Club Meets Oliver Twit
Sep 18, 2009
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Chapter 1 from Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories
Jan 16, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories
Jan 07, 2009
Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories will be released on September 24, 2008 in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories will be released on September 24, 2008 in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories will be released on September 24, 2008 in eBook
Sep 24, 2008
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency will be released on September 25, 2007 in Hardcover
Sep 25, 2007
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency is now available in Hardcover
Sep 25, 2007
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency will be released on September 25, 2007 in Trade Paperback
Sep 25, 2007
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency is now available in Trade Paperback
Sep 25, 2007
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Lehigh Valley Express-Times, April 2, 2013
...Rusty Bike? by Jim Aylesworth; ?The Mixed-up Rooster? by Pamela Edwards; ?The Picture of Morty & Ray? by Daniel Pinkwater Books to buy The following books are available at favorite bookstores. ?Jacob Wonderbar and the Interstellar Time Warp? written...
PublishersWeekly.com, January 29, 2013
...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. In her...
News Gazette, January 27, 2013
...all the charm and humor of this well-told story. In "Bear in Love" (2012, Candlewick Press, written by Daniel Pinkwater, illustrated by Will Hillenbrand), we meet bear, who lives in a small cave in the woods. On one particular morning during his daily...
School Library Journal, December 6, 2012
...most strongly about for this year?s Newbery. It?s inventive, highly funny, and fits firmly into the tradition of Daniel Pinkwater, or even THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH. As a kid, I loved both Pinkwater and TOLLBOOTH, and so maybe that?s just the Pavlovian part...
USA Today, November 2, 2012
...were the earliest books that made an attempt to mimic life as I was living it. You mention Daniel Pinkwater's books in Zombie – did those wind up influencing the POV in your comedy? It's always interesting to me when there's kids' books with that...
MySanAntonio, October 6, 2012
...blonde mommy person? Do she and the bear know each other from the past? Bear In Love By Daniel Pinkwater Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand Candlewick Press, $15.99 A bear lives alone in a cave, but wakes up one morning to find a present — the first...
Detroit News, September 24, 2012
...cat named Mr. Fuzzface, and four prize-winning mice. In "Mrs. Noodlekugel" (Candlewick Press, $14.99, ages 6-9) , author Daniel Pinkwater tells a quirky, comic tale in his trademark deadpan style. Numerous black-and-white illustrations by Adam Stower...
WXXI AM, December 24, 2012
...by NPR's Claudio Sanchez), The Designated Celebrator (Melinda Shoaf), Christmas Truce (Historian Douglas Brinkley), and Wolf Christmas (Daniel Pinkwater). For a complete list of holiday programming on Classical 91.5, AM 1370, and WXXI-TV/HD visit...
Inside Higher Ed, December 20, 2012
...eighth grade language arts exam — one where based on a wonderfully absurdist story by children’s author Daniel Pinkwater and one where every multiple choice answer was equally right or wrong — helped draw attention to the problems of these tests’...
Oak Park-River Forest Patch, December 9, 2012
...of the season and features entirely new family-friendly material. Selections are drawn from authors such as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Pinkwater, Paul Rudnick, Mike Royko, Frank McCourt, and Maya Angelou read by Festival Theatre favorites Jack Hickey and...
School Library Journal, December 6, 2012
...most strongly about for this year?s Newbery. It?s inventive, highly funny, and fits firmly into the tradition of Daniel Pinkwater, or even THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH. As a kid, I loved both Pinkwater and TOLLBOOTH, and so maybe that?s just the Pavlovian part...
BackStage.com, November 18, 2012
...playwright Jeffrey Hatcher’s childhood in 1960s Steubenville, Ohio. The plot mimics stories by humorists David Sedaris or Daniel Pinkwater. Young Jeffrey is a misfit little boy who wants nothing more than to be good at something, and he finds his...
USA Today, November 2, 2012
...were the earliest books that made an attempt to mimic life as I was living it. You mention Daniel Pinkwater's books in Zombie – did those wind up influencing the POV in your comedy? It's always interesting to me when there's kids' books with that...
USA Today, November 2, 2012
...were the earliest books that made an attempt to mimic life as I was living it. You mention Daniel Pinkwater's books in Zombie – did those wind up influencing the POV in your comedy? It's always interesting to me when there's kids' books with that...