Daniel Pinkwater





Daniel Pinkwater

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November 15, 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee, The United States

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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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Average rating: 4.04 · 7,609 ratings · 1,232 reviews · 112 distinct works
Lizard Music
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 692 ratings — published 1976 — 12 editions
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The Big Orange Splot
4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions
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4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 1997 — 5 editions
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 532 ratings — published 1977 — 14 editions
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4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions
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The Snarkout Boys and the A...
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 1982 — 7 editions
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Fat Men From Space
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions
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Borgel
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions
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4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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4.298401420959148 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 563 ratings
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 85 ratings
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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 Pinkwater

“Chickens have an uncanny sense of direction.”
Daniel Pinkwater, Lizard Music

“Trust me, there is no formula for most things that are not math.”
Daniel Pinkwater

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