Daniel Pinkwater

Author of The Hallo-Wiener

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About the Author

Author, illustrator, and radio commentator Daniel M. Pinkwater was born in Memphis Tennessee on November 15, 1941. He is trained as an artist and attended Bard College. In 1969, he wrote and illustrated his first book, The Terrible Roar. Since then he has written over 50 books for children, young show more adults, and adults. He is also a commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and regularly reviews children's books on Weekend Edition Saturday. While he has illustrated many of his works, his most recent ones have been illustrated by his wife Jill Pinkwater. (Bowker Author Biography) Daniel Pinkwater is regarded by critics, educators, psychologists, and law enforcement agencies as the world's most influential writer of books for children and young adults. Since 1987, he has been a regular commentator on NPR's All Things Considered and two collections of his essays have been brought out to the delight of listeners who can read. He lives in Hyde Park, New York. (Publisher Provided) show less

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Series

Dada Ducks

The Snarkout Boys

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

The Desert Peach Collection [2002+]

Works by Daniel Pinkwater

Popular Recent

The Hallo-Wiener (1995) 1,382 copies

The Big Orange Splot (1977) 1,270 copies

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1977) 632 copies

Lizard Music (1976) 578 copies

5 Novels (1997) 491 copies

The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization (2007) 445 copies

Second-Grade Ape (Hello Reader) (1998) 339 copies

4 Fantastic Novels (2000) 250 copies

Fat Men From Space (1977) 211 copies

Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken (2010) 201 copies

The Yggyssey: How Iggy Wondered What Happened to All the Ghosts, Found Out Where They Went, and Went There (2009) 193 copies

Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories (2001) 190 copies

The Education of Robert Nifkin (1998) 181 copies

Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars (1979) 181 copies

The Snarkout Boys and The Avocado of Death (1982) 165 copies

Fish Whistle: Commentaries, Uncommentaries, and Vulgar Excesses (1989) 164 copies

Looking for Bobowicz: A Hoboken Chicken Story (2004) 152 copies

I Was a Second Grade Werewolf (1983) 148 copies

Bear in Love (2012) 145 copies

Mrs. Noodlekugel (2012) 145 copies

Bear's Picture (1984) 136 copies

Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl (2010) 120 copies

Aunt Lulu (1988) 116 copies

Chicago Days/Hoboken Nights (1991) 113 copies

The Magic Pretzel (2000) 112 copies

Borgel (1990) 109 copies

Snarkout Boys and Baconburg Horror (1984) 101 copies

The Wuggie Norple Story (1980) 96 copies

Blue Moose (1975) 94 copies

The Afterlife Diet (1995) 85 copies

I Am the Dog (2010) 81 copies

Guys from Space (1890) 80 copies

Fat Camp Commandos (2001) 75 copies

Mush, A Dog From Space (1995) 75 copies

Mrs. Noodlekugel and Four Blind Mice (2013) 75 copies

Irving and Muktuk: Two Bad Bears (2001) 72 copies

Tooth-Gnasher Superflash (1990) 71 copies

The Muffin Fiend (1986) 68 copies

Wolf Christmas (1998) 64 copies

The Picture of Morty & Ray (2003) 64 copies

The Artsy Smartsy Club (2005) 60 copies

His Shoes Were Far Too Tight: Poems by Edward Lear (2011) 59 copies

Bear and Bunny (2015) 58 copies

Young Adults (1985) 58 copies

The Lunchroom of Doom (2000) 58 copies

Adventures of a Dwergish Girl (2020) 55 copies

Young Larry (1997) 55 copies

Wingman (1975) 55 copies

Beautiful Yetta's Hanukkah Kitten (2014) 52 copies

Big Bob and the Thanksgiving Potato (Hello Reader) (1998) 52 copies

The Magic Goose (1997) 51 copies

Rainy Morning (1998) 51 copies

At the Hotel Larry (1997) 49 copies

Bushman Lives! (2012) 49 copies

The Worms of Kukumlima (1981) 48 copies

Once Upon a Blue Moose (2006) 48 copies

Young Adult Novel (Wild Dada Ducks) (1982) 47 copies

Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario (1979) 47 copies

Wempires [short fiction] (1991) 47 copies

Superpuppy: How to Choose, Raise, and Train the Best Possible Dog for You (How to Choose, Raise, and Train the Best… (1977) 46 copies

Bad Bears in the Big City (2004) 44 copies

Doodle Flute (1991) 43 copies

Bad Bear Detectives: An Irving and Muktuk Story (2006) 42 copies

Author's Day (1993) 42 copies

Roger's Umbrella (1982) 42 copies

Ice Cream Larry (1999) 40 copies

Big Bob and the Magic Valentine's Day Potato (Hello Reader! Level 3) (1999) 39 copies

The Werewolf Club Meets the Hound of the Basketballs #4 (2001) 39 copies

Fat Camp Commandos Go West (2002) 39 copies

The Last Guru (1978) 38 copies

Bad Bears Go Visiting: An Irving and Muktuk Story (2007) 37 copies

The Magic Moscow (1980) 36 copies

Blue Moose/return of the Moose (1993) 35 copies

Dancing Larry (2006) 34 copies

Mrs. Noodlekugel and Drooly the Bear (2015) 33 copies

Yo-yo man (2007) 33 copies

Big Bob And The Winter Holiday Potato (level 3) (Hello Reader) (1999) 32 copies

Seven Peaches: The First Seven Desert Peach Episodes (2002) — Introduction — 32 copies

The Werewolf Club Meets Dorkula (2001) 32 copies

Bad Bears and a Bunny: An Irving and Muktuk Story (2005) 30 copies

Ned Feldman, Space Pirate (1994) 29 copies

Cone Kong (level 2) (Hello Reader) (2002) 28 copies

Crazy in Poughkeepsie (2022) 27 copies

The Werewolf Club Meets Oliver Twit (2002) 27 copies

Mush's Jazz Adventure (2002) 26 copies

Sleepover Larry (2007) 26 copies

Bongo Larry (1998) 26 copies

Uncle Melvin (1989) 24 copies

Attila the Pun: A Magic Moscow Story (1981) 24 copies

Wallpaper From Space (1996) 24 copies

Return of the Moose (1979) 23 copies

Slaves of Spiegel (1982) 22 copies

Moosepire (1986) 21 copies

The Frankenbagel Monster (1986) 19 copies

Kat Hats (2022) 19 copies

Hoboken Fish and Chicago Whistle (1999) 17 copies

Devil in the Drain: 2 (1984) 17 copies

Night of the Living Shark! (1991) 15 copies

Wizard crystal (1973) 14 copies

Pickle Creature (1979) 14 copies

Ducks! (1984) 14 copies

The Phantom of the Lunch Wagon (1992) 14 copies

Spaceburger: A Kevin Spoon and Mason Mintz Story (1993) 13 copies

Big Bob And The Halloween Potatoes (1999) 12 copies

Night of the Living Rat (Melvinge of the Megaverse, Book 2) (1992) 12 copies

The Blue Thing (1977) 12 copies

Jolly Roger: A Dog of Hoboken (1956) 10 copies

Daniel Pinkwater: Of Dogs and Men (1993) 9 copies

Vampires of Blinsh (2020) 8 copies

Around Fred's Bed (1976) 8 copies

Fat Elliot and the Gorilla. (1973) 7 copies

Magic camera (1974) 7 copies

Four Hoboken Stories (2017) 6 copies

Four Different Stories (2018) 6 copies

Three Big Hogs (1975) 6 copies

The Terrible Roar (1970) 5 copies

Norb (1991) 5 copies

The Moose Tales/Includes Blue Moose, Return of the Moose, the Moosepire (Dove Kids) (1993) 4 copies

The Best of Daniel Pinkwater: Everyday Life (1993) 3 copies

Wempires by Daniel Manus Pinkwater (1991-09-05) (1817) 1 copy

The Comic Cosmic Novel (1924) 1 copy

Goose Night (Stepping Stone Books) (1996) 1 copy

The Snarkout Boys & The Avacado of Death 1 copy

Car Talk; Guest Bloggers: Horsepower 1 copy

Java Jack — Illustrator — 1 copy

TRAKULA (2002) 1 copy

“The ratatouille weight-loss plan” 1 copy

The story behind “The Pineapple and the Hare” 1 copy

Seven Candles for Kwanzaa 1 copy

“Kidnapped” 1 copy

“Voice in the Dark” Jean Shepherd obituary 1 copy

Bear's Picture 1 copy

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Associated Works

Guys Write for Guys Read (2005) — Contributor — 769 copies

Witches & Warlocks: Tales of Black Magic, Old & New (1991) — Contributor — 285 copies

Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New (1991) — Contributor — 260 copies

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Second Annual Collection (1987) — Contributor — 199 copies

The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Contributor — 198 copies

It's Fine To Be Nine (2000) — Contributor — 123 copies

Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy (2009) — Contributor — 71 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 5, January 1976 (1976) — Contributor — 3 copies

Funny Times: A Monthly Newspaper of Humor, Politics & Fun, Volume 16, Issue 2 (2001) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Pinkwater, Daniel
Legal name: Pinkwater, Daniel Manus
Other names: Pinkwater, Manus
Pinkwater, Honest Dan'l
Pinkwater, Manus D.
Pinkwater, Daniel M.
Pinkwater, D. Manus
Birthdate: 1941-11-15
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Places of residence: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Education: Bard College
Occupations: children's book author
Relationships: Pinkwater, Jill (wife)
Agent: Jill Grinberg (Anderson Grinberg Literary Management)

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Reviews

Looking for Bobowicz: A Hoboken Chicken Story by Daniel Pinkwater

Well, they found Bobowicz and made some new friends, got their comics and bicycle back, and avoided the the oyster stew. Surreal and funny.

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cmbohn | 5 other reviews | Apr 11, 2024 |

The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey

This is a cute Halloween read- aloud, perfect for students K-3. My third grade class laughed out loud.

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Chrissylou62 | 26 other reviews | Apr 11, 2024 |

Big Bob and the Magic Valentine's Day Potato (HELLO… by Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Valentine's

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BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

The Big Orange Splot by D. Manus Pinkwater

This is a fun picture book, which I have very fond memories of from my childhood. I bought myself a copy for my personal library (and re-read it when I did so) because it's got a great message and I wanted to have the reminder on my shelf.

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ca.bookwyrm | 29 other reviews | Jan 26, 2024 |

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