Anonymous Wombat

May 26, 2006

It finally dawned on me to look for an official website. I did not grow up reading your books, but I read as many of them as I could get my hands on immediately afterwards, and have bought every single one I could find ever since. And I’m thrilled that you have started to anthologize the stuff that’s out of print, too — I’ve been looking for Yobgorgle for a long time. (The local library systems are woefully undersupplied with copies.)

I was originally going to ask if you were going to write another Snarkout Boys book, but I see that someone else beat me to it. Several someones. And the most complete answer was that you were working on a sequel to Lizard Music next. Which would be the one thing worth putting off another Snarkout Boys book for, I suppose. So… do you have any hints about when this book might come out? (And are you really going to write another Snarkout Boys book later? Please?)

Phyllis

May 25, 2006

Dear Mr. Pinkwater, I just love the picture of you, Jill and Lulu!! I was trying to put it as my background on the computer screen just for joy, but I could not get the dad burn thing to be a background, so I saved the whole site! And Maxine Too is precious!! She is going to be a big girl, and I never saw such a cute face. It looks like she is going to say something in a minute!!

Your wife reminds me so of all my Tennessee Thompson/ Reynolds relatives ( when they were there) Now there is only Aunt May, who is 86, and she is the funniest woman I have ever met. She is like a stand-up comic, but cornier.

When I heard you and Lulu read How To Be A Good Dog, I laughed so much that I cried. Then I started coughing and choking, but it cleared my sinus. So thank you for that!! Your voice is lovely reading books. How wonderful your family is. I guess you read that book The Secret Life of Dogs. It was an eye-opener for me. Lovely dogs everywhere. My Buzzy Bee lived to be 20. He was a white little dog with a black eye, like “My master’s voice” ads. Well, I can’t think of much else to type. I hope you and Jill and Lulu and Maxine and all the critters are having a very fine day!! Kind regards from Phyllis( this is what my English and Scottish penpals say, Kind regards!!)

Lou Siegel

May 21, 2006

Hope all is well

Nice piece on Checker cabs this week.

Check out the webpage for recent additions

Just completed another Schanker show at Mercury Gallery in Boston — www.LouisSchanker.info

Best Wishes

Lou Siegel

Geek Girl Groupie

May 17, 2006

During the pastel Izod ’80’s your books gave me training wheels for the sub-culture.

Now I belly dance at a dance studio above the local Center for Marxist Education and dream about authoring an underground comic book. Check me out at area51hooker.com.

This geek girl groupie will always love you. Oh my!

MAX SCRUGGS

May 16, 2006

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

Julie Sydor

May 13, 2006

Dear Mr. Pinkwater,

My name is Julie Sydor, I am an intern for the artist Donna Barr. Back in 1995, the creator of the Desert Peach asked if you would like to submit a story featuring WWII’s Most Unlikely Hero, or perhaps some of the other stray puppies from the 469th, for a collection of various artists’ interpretations of the popular series that was to be called “The Ersatz Peach”.

What you sent was a rejection letter. Various terms “twisty number”, “temptress”, “monkey’s paw”, and “Brenda Starr” were harshly slung.

Absolutely Hilarious.

Anywho, Mrs. Barr and I are moving to release a second edition available on lulu.com. All proceeds will again go to helping the Chicken Soup Brigade, Washington’s organization to helping people with AIDS live with comfort and dignity. We would like to update all the artist’s information, if you would like to send a new information blurb, please e-mail me and let me know.

Many Thanks,

Julie Sydor

Cynthia L. Mason

May 13, 2006

Having written many things for other people that really mean nothing at all , I now am going to write for my favorite humans, the young ones, and taking your beauitful lead of weirdness and wonderful fantasty, I embark on, “The Peanut Butter and Jelly Fish”. I,m 53 , but really i’m only a 12 year old girl, 6 feet tall , never wanting to leave the the tree house.Thanks for all your great books. I am inspired by the child you still keep close at hand. All the best,

Cynthia

Albert Young

May 10, 2006

I was just wondering if Mr. Pinkwater reviews books for new authors?

Thank you,

Albert Young

Anonymous

May 9, 2006

Nothing for myself…but for my 16 year old daughter! So Dear Mr. Pinkwater, or at the very least designated agent who weighs at least 275 lbs. and sells salami door-to-door: Do you ever do a critique of young authors’ works? I think my daughter has your wonderful writing style, lots of creativity and totally “chuckley”(?)funny It looks like her ideas come so easy to her, but then she always danced to the beat of a different drummer. Just wondering! Thank you very much. Keep writing!!!!

Betty Goldberg

May 2, 2006

I am a middle aged mother of two sons who were raised being read to by me ad nauseum. Your books, early children’s book, children’s novel collections and adult books have been massively appreciated by my family — AND NOW — in addition to my normal work, I volunteer five mornings a week reading to anyone who will listen on a local elementary school yard. A throng of children runs to me each morning as I settle into my camping chair and pull various books from my book bag and I thought you might like to know that of all the books I read (and I read a LOT) The Big Orange Splot is ALWAYS and FOREVER deeply loved by the listening kids. And, after lo these many years of reading it – – I share their feelings. Toothgnasher Super Flash, Wempires, Doodle Flute et al, have ornamented my life and it brings me untold pleasure to brings these books into the lives of others.

Lise Eisenberg

April 30, 2006

There’s this house that just appeared for sale on craigslist, and I thought of you. Something about Dutchess County and the kennel. So, in case you have a pile of money lying around and are not already living in your dream house, I figured you might want to know about it. I’ve edited down the effusive description of the house and grounds, but you can find the entire listing and some photographs at the URL below. (I’d be tempted myself, if it were closer to any center of civilisation. I remember some less than kind words you’ve said about Dutchess County, many years ago.)

Enjoy.

newyork.craigslist.org/wch/rfs/155761797.html

$819000 – Gorgeous home, total privacy – 21 acre Dutchess County hilltop estate

Alan Bell

April 29, 2006

I am a father of 3 who likes reading bedtime stories. My kids like listening and demand more stories than I can manage so I started recording stories and burning them to CD so that they can play back stories whenever they like. I figured it would be cool to share these recordings with other people, and play back stories read by other people to my kids. I am a software developer by trade, so I thought it would be fun to set up a little website to share these readings, and now I have: www.astoryforbedtime.com. I have got permission from several publishers to share recordings of their books, it is just a hobby really, there are no adverts on the site, but there are links to the books on Amazon which was the price I paid to get the permissions from the publishers. I am particularly interested in the benefits to children from hearing diverse accents from all over the world at an early age. I think this could help development of listening, and make it easier for them to follow a conversation. There has also been some interest from the deaf community, the stories might be useful in aiding listening development for hearing children of deaf adults.

I am now trying to get the word out about the site all over the world, and a friend of mine told me about your readings on NPR and he thought you might like the site and perhaps mention it to your listeners. Do please take a look at it, and download as many as you like, oh and if you feel like recording and sending in a reading of anything then that would be fantastic too!

Megan Kellie

April 28, 2006

Dear Mr. Pinkwater–

I am a very large fan of your work, The Big Orange Splot is my favorite. I like it to the point that I got my very own splot painted on my very own roof. Since I still rent, that means I tattooed a dot on my scalp. My friends keep bugging me to tell you, because they have sense. So here I am, telling you. I’d attach a picture, but I can’t figure out how to do it in this window thingie. If you have an email address I can send it to, I’d be very proud to have you see it.

So thanks so much for such a great, wonderful book and an inspiring imagination and for the sense to have pastrami as a favorite color.

zwheee!

Megan

Chad J Sharpe

April 22, 2006

my name is chad j sharpe i am 14 and currently in high school and have completed one of my many life goals i have written a horror novel of 250 pages and am very serious about my writing the reason i have contacted you is i am desperate need of getting it published which why i need your help you may be last chance mr.pinkwater please contact me asap i need your help

until next time

chad j sharpe

Max Ocean

April 16, 2006

I greatly admire you,and your books,especially Alan Mendelsohn:Boy from Mars.Why don’t you write a sequel?It seems you might be able to do something pretty cool with Leonard and Alan meeting in some wierd via Clarence Yojimbo.However,I realize it has been twenty-something years since you first wrote it,and there’s other things that you are working on.Just a little thought from your admirer.