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Daniel Pinkwater

Born

in Memphis, Tennessee, The United States

November 15, 1941

Website

http://www.pinkwater.com/

Genre

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. ...more

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Lizard Music news from Hollywood

‘The Smashing Machine’ Duo Benny Safdie & Dwayne Johnson To Reteam On Hot Package ‘Lizard Music’ – The Dish

More at deadline.com. Mr. Johnson is apparently slimming down for the role of the Chicken Man.

Can you picture it?Hope he knows how to play the accordion!

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Average rating: 4.01 · 26,303 ratings · 3,926 reviews · 146 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Big Orange Splot 4.40 avg rating — 2,896 ratings — published 1977 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lizard Music 4.16 avg rating — 2,286 ratings — published 1976 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hoboken Chicken Emergency by Daniel Pinkwater, Jill Pinkwater (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 1,592 ratings — published 1977 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization (Neddie & Friends, #1) by Daniel Pinkwater, Calef Brown (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 1,518 ratings — published 2007 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars 4.35 avg rating — 1,061 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death (Snarkout Boys, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 1,013 ratings — published 1982 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	5 Novels: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars / Slaves of Spiegel / The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death / The Last Guru / Young Adult Novel by Daniel Pinkwater, Jules Feiffer (Foreword) 4.40 avg rating — 953 ratings — published 1997 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. Noodlekugel by Daniel Pinkwater, Adam Stower (Illustrator) 3.49 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borgel 4.28 avg rating — 591 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bear in Love by Daniel Pinkwater, Will Hillenbrand (Illustrations) 3.72 avg rating — 642 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Neddie & Friends (6 books)
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Aaron Renier (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

3.84 avg rating — 2,956 ratings

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (3 books)
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Daniel Pinkwater

3.88 avg rating — 1,953 ratings

The Snarkout Boys (2 books)
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Daniel Pinkwater

4.33 avg rating — 1,426 ratings

Mrs. Noodlekugel (3 books)
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Adam Stower (Illustrator)

3.58 avg rating — 1,187 ratings

Bear (2 books)
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Will Hillenbrand (Illustrator)

3.67 avg rating — 1,093 ratings

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Quotes by Daniel Pinkwater (?)

“I went to college, but I learned to write by reading and writing.”
― Daniel Pinkwater

tags: writing

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

tags: humor

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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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