Daniel Manus Pinkwater

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November 15, 1941

gender

male

place of birth

Memphis, Tennessee, The United States

website

http://www.pinkwater.com/

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Children's Books

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Daniel Manus Pinkwater is an author of mostly children's books and is an occasional commentator on National Public Radio. He attended Bard College. Well-known books include Lizard Music, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, Fat Men from Space, Borgel, and the picture book The Big Orange Splot. Pinkwater has also illustrated many of his books in the past, although for more recent works that task has passed to his wife Jill Pinkwater.

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avg rating: 4.14 | 3,822 ratings | 561 reviews | 100 distinct works | 34 fans

	Lizard Music by Daniel Manus Pinkwater avg rating 4.19 — 368 ratings — published 1976 6 editions	my rating:
	5 Novels: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars; Slaves of Spiegel; The Last Guru; Young Adult Novel; The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death by Daniel Manus Pinkwater avg rating 4.37 — 241 ratings — published 1997 4 editions	my rating:
	The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Manus Pinkwater avg rating 3.87 — 247 ratings — published 1977 7 editions	my rating:
	The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater avg rating 4.57 — 188 ratings — published 1977 5 editions	my rating:
	The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization by Daniel Manus Pinkwater avg rating 3.83 — 223 ratings — published 2007 2 editions	my rating:
	The Snarkout Boys and The Avocado of Death by Daniel Manus Pinkwater avg rating 4.45 — 163 ratings — published 1981 6 editions	my rating:
	Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy From Mars by Daniel Manus Pinkwater avg rating 4.46 — 158 ratings — published 1979 4 editions	my rating:
	Fat Men From Space by Daniel Manus Pinkwater avg rating 3.92 — 165 ratings — published 1977 6 editions	my rating:
	4 : Fantastic Novels by Daniel Manus Pinkwater avg rating 4.41 — 111 ratings — published 2000 2 editions	my rating:
	Borgel by Daniel Manus Pinkwater avg rating 4.22 — 99 ratings — published 1990 4 editions	my rating:

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"“My parents believe in the principle of ‘sink or swim,’ or ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ― or it kills you.”

From “The Education of Robert Nifkin”"
— Daniel Manus Pinkwater

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