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How did you make up the names of the characters?
Where did you get the idea to write about giant chickens?
In the book Looking For Bobowicz, did you get some of the names/characters from places like Pennsylvania? If not, then where did you get them?
Is this book based on your life or a friends?
How did you come up with the names in "Looking For Bobowicz"?
Where did you get the bidea for the book "Looking For Bobwicz"?
Why did you name the libarian Starr Lackawanna
I would love to use this book on a book report!
Did you like reading when you were a child?If so, did it help you become a fantastic writer?
Do you think star lackawanna is the craziest person in the book?
Dear Mr.Pinkwater
My class just got done reading Looking For Bobowicz.My teacher and I like how you used the hipirbolyis for hummer. My classmates and I thought that the book was FUNNY!!!I would really like to know what your thoghts were about the book.
Your Fan,Kenzie
All real names--I didn't make them up so much as find them.
I think it came about because so few people seem to know that giant chickens are real.
Places like Pennsylvania in what way?
Both.
Didn't someone already ask this one?
It's a true story, more or less.
Because that is her name!
Are you sure?
I loved reading. Writing is even more fun.
No, I am the craziest person in the book.
hipirbolyis?
Dear mr. Pinkwater,
I can no longer call you my favorite author. I am sorry! The reason being......................
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHa got you. I acually feel the exact oppisite. After reading your Larry the polar bear seires I like you now more than ever. Even I know you have written a long time ago. It still seems brand new. Well acually it is brand new. To me at least. But so far after all the books I've read by you, I gonna have to say "The Snark out boys and the baconburg horror" is my favorite. Well anyway do you think it is possible that you may right another in the "Larry the Polor Bear" seires. I would really like to know. Well that is it for now. BYE!!!!!
sincerly,
Ryan Duncan
Let me see...
Young Larry
At the Hotel Larry
Bongo Larry
Ice Cream Larry
Dancing Larry
Sleepover Larry
and related...
Irving and Muktuk, Two Bad Bears
Bad Bears in the Big City
Bad Bears and a Bunny
Bad Bear Detectives
Bad Bears Make a Visit
That's a lot of polar bears. We're going to do something else for a while.
I want to say that I regret sending you about a dozen bogus emails under various fake names and bugging you in various ways. I think you're a cool writer with a lot more stories to tell and share and hope you long live and prosper. Thanks again and sorry for the bogus emails.
Nathaniel Rounds
You are forgiven for your bogusity--don't do it again.
Purple was here.
What do you have to say about that?
Actually, nothing.
DID YOU WRITE SEVANTEEN MAGAZINE?!
I have never written Seventeen Magazine, not Sixteen or Eighteen either.
Mr. Pinkwater,
My daughter, Jane, says you are her hero. I'm writing, however, to ask why messages to you are dated January 1st, 2007, instead of January 1, 2007; February 26th, 2007, instead of February 26, 2007. Is it because it's the British way and you're British? We don't do it that way in the U.S.
Yours, Max Scruggs
You're just jealous cause I am Jane's hero--and this website is Canadian.
Daniel,
My six-year-old son brought home your book "The Big Orange Splot" as his reading homework tonight. I noticed that the book cover included your middle name, Manus, and I was suddenly transported back 35 years: wasn't my favorite childhood book written by a person named Manus?
I went to the bookcase where I keep my most treasured books and pulled out "Bear's Picture." Sure enough, it was written and illustrated by Manus Pinkwater in 1972 (it cost $1.45). I can't tell you how many times I copied the bear's picture and imitated the fine, proper gentleman.
And what a treat, to now be able to share your books with my son.
All my best wishes.
Here's another treat! Bear's Picture is about to be republished, this time with illustrations by the great D.B. Johnson. You can compare 'em! (Interesting note: D.B. did his illustrations without ever having seen the ones I did. See how he dealt with my text).
I was blown away by the portrait of Henry chez I&M. Thank you both for all the great reads and pictures. My kids may be old enough to read Pinkwaters to themselves, but they kindly let me read each aloud to them first. No need to reply, this is just plain fan mail. But OTOH, if you or yours ever need a place to dine free in Seattle, send me a mail.
You're the first person to notice that Irving and Muktuk appreciate fine bear art! Anyway, first one to mention it--(there must have been someone at the publisher, since they do the Henry books as well as our bears). Now I'm waiting for readers who see other things in the bears' collection to come forward.
Hi I was in a thing called Battle of the books and i read your book I loved it you rock.
You rock too!
Where did you come up with the Ideas for the Bobowicz books??? what music do you like
Ideas are all around--everyone has 60 a minute, and they are all no good. The trick is to pick an idea, just about any idea, and fool with it, develop it, refine it, until it is less no good. I like almost all kinds of music.
Two days ago I was packing up some of my books and came across "the Big Orange Splot", by Daniel Pinkwater, Scholastic Books, 1977. The next day I presented it to my 4 year old daughter, and she has had me read it to her several times. She painted Mr Plumbean's house this afternoon. I loved this book when I was a little girl, and now my child loves it too.
I have listened to you on NPR for a few years now, and had no idea that you were the author of one of my childhood memories. I'm glad I rediscovered this book in my basement and wanted to say thank you. Even though my years have added up, I still maintain enough of a juvenile outlook to appreciate the story of a nonconformist in a conformist neighborhood.
Thank you again.
Sonya Jaworski
Saint Paul, MN
I think it may still be in print. I'd like to get it re-illustrated by Jill or some other good artist.
Hello again D.P, I know I've already sent you one message, but I just want you to know that I picked you for my school's Author Report. I'm gonna do a report on you and your books. All my classmates think your hilarious. So, once again, thanks for being the coolest author on the planet.
P.S: I wrote a letter to your publisher. They say they'll redirect it to you but I haven't gotten anything back, did you receive it but got too caught up in your awesome chicken-related coolness? (That was not meant as an insult however much it sounds like it.)
P.S.S: Your the greatest author in the universe.
It is time you learn--publishers are often unable to do things. Even though I am the coolest author in the universe, (yes, you are correct about that), stuff does not always get forwarded. I regret having to bring this depressing news to you.
i have to do an author study for a project in school and i picked you as you are a hilarious author and "4 fantastic novels" was suprisingly conveniant for getting 3 of your novels. so now to the reason im sending this; will there ever be a sequel to the superb borgel? whatever happened to mr ronald donald almondotter after his and his fellow companions after kukumlima? and whatever happened to the snarkout boys (and girl) after the werewolf thing/creature?
Fun to wonder what happened to characters after the book is over, isn't it?
This is Abby and I have a question, would you ever write a book about someone you know or have seen a movie or something like that? I think it would be cool if you could do an auotbiography. Or by any chance a biography.
Usually I combine all those things--people I've known, movies I've seen, books I've read, autobiography, and lots of other stuff too. It's like a salad.
Dear Mr. Pinkwater,
Thanks so much for your animated response of April 26. I was thrilled to receive any response at all, let alone one with an exclamation point after the very first sentence. I wonder why Dav can't spell? He writes quite well, despite this impediment.
At any rate, I'm writing again to disagree, mildly, with your final point. Your opinion IS apparently better than many others', at least in the opinion of NPR and Wonder Time magazine. So I'm siding with them on the issue. I have a feeling I would side with you on other disagreements, such as those involving which dishes to order at a Chinese restaurant, for example.
I remain ignorant of your opinion of my little book, but grateful for your time.
All the best,
Julie
Writers can hardly help associating opinions about their books with some kind of comment on ultimate worth, (the books' or their own). This is a mistake. In choosing books for the radio program, I look for books of high quality that would be a good fit for the radio program. In choosing books for the magazine, I look for books of high quality that can relate to the topic I was assigned. In other words, I am looking for books I can write about. So here are my two possible opinions about your book: 1. I can write about this one. 2. I can't write about this one. (That is, assuming it is a book of high quality, which I will assume it is).
I am a fan .I think I have bought every children's book you have reccomended.I have written a childrens story about a cat who morphs into a surgeon. Can ,or would ,you suggest a publisher?
Do you still drive a VW ?
I appreciated your comments on the PBS program concerning eating ,hunger, and weight. As usual you hit my emotional sensitivities. Thank you.
I can't, or won't, suggest a publisher...but sometimes publishers read these posts. Maybe one will be interested in seeing your story about a cat who morphs into a surgeon. The VW was too small for two people and two big dogs. Alas.
Dear Daniel Pinkwater,
My copy of the Neddiad arrived last week. As much as I am enjoying the chapter by chapter read on the computer, I couldn't resist. I sat down and finished the book in one gulp. Wow! This is maybe your best book yet. With out giving anything away, I can say this book took me to places I never expected to go. What an adventure! Yes!
Thank you for another great book experience!
Fran Koliner
Thank you! Tell your friends.
YOU ARE THE MOST AWESOME PERSON TO EVER WALK HE FACE OF THE EARTH. Now that i've said that, moving on. Okay, I have ...one, two, three... Some questions. Question 1, Do you like strawberry cake? Question two, if you had to choose, would you fly off to hawaii on a magical purple horse, or fight a raid squirrel? Question three, If your name was Chuck, would you be the same person you are now? Okay, so uhh, yeah. I have to go take my pet robot chicken ducks to six flags while on the top of a rotating artichoke, Good bye.
Answer 1: Rene Descartes 1596-1650
Answer B: 3.14159265358979323846
Answer III: The wisent or European bison.
Happy Day, Mr. Pinkwater...
Have you ever given thought about the relationship between names and careers? For example, would you still have been a successful children's book author if your name had been, say, "Purpleland"?
Take care and hug the hounds!
Actually, the family name was Purpleand in Europe, but my father changed it when he came through Ellis Island, in the hope that one of his children might be a children's author.
Dear Mr. Pinkwater,
Thanks for your reading voice, the ratatouille recipe, the picture of Lulu on the website, your appearance on the "Fat" documentary, your piece on dyscalculia, the fact that you shared your book chapter by chapter on the website -- and for your books, too, including the Captain Underpants ones, if you are, in fact, Dav.
You have told lots of people that you didn't want to read their unpublished manuscripts so you could have a life, which I understand, so I didn't send the book when it was unpublished. You have told other people to ask their publishers to send you their books -- at the publishers' expense, which cracked me up -- so I did. But I haven't figured out what happens next.
The folks at Albert Whitman & Co. said they sent you a copy of "My Heart Is A Magic House." What did you think of it?
Thanks so much for your time, if you do choose to respond,
Julie
OK, first of all, I am not Dav! I am sure he is a very nice fellow, never mind he can't spell his own first name. But I am not him. Next, it is true I cannot read or comment on unpublished manuscripts for several good reasons. Because I do the occasional book-talk on NPR, and have a column about books in Wonder Time magazine, I receive a couple thousand published books to look at every year. I go through all these looking for distinguished ones for the radio program and the column. If I were to start telling individual authors what I thought of their individual books, well you see how that would be. So let me make an all-purpose statement: Writing a book is a good thing. And if it finds a publisher, that is very good, and hard to bring off. If you wrote it, it's safe to assume you like it, and if you like it it's safe to assume that some other(s) will like it too. So congratulations, Julie Jacobs. I hope many people like your book, and that you write many more. (Besides, my opinion is no better than anyone else's--I just happen to be mildly famous).
