Why did the animals eat the Pineapple?
I hope and pray to God that this is someone trying, (and failing), to be funny and not an indication that some kids are being subjected to that stinking test again.
Hi Mr. Pinkwater,
i just want to say thank you (for myself, and i’m sure i am also speaking for lots of other people out there) for taking the time to personally respond to all the messages you get here on this forum. Thanks, Mr. Pinkwater! your replies, like your books, are wonderfully creative!
Hardly takes any time at all. Think of the actually successful authors who maintain blogs, and twitter sites, and follow and are followed by thousands, including many idiots. I don't know how they do it, or why. I mean, I make over a million dollars a year, just responding to smart people here. Thanks for the thanks.
Our class is half-way through, The Neddiad, and everyone is suspicious of Seamus Finn. We think he is up to something evil.
Do you? Isn't reading fun?
Hello,
I’ve been a fan since age 6, and haven’t looked back. I’m 42 now, teaching special education to students in the Bronx. I try to interest them in you whenever possible. I see you’re in upstate NY, not far from my in-laws. If you have time this summer, can I get you a sandwich or something? I know you likely get many requests from fans, so I’ll understand if a persona meet-and-greet isn’t in the cards.
I only thought of you because, well… I’ve been feeling a bit blue lately, and The Big Orange Splot made me happy. It was a nice memory re-lived.
Thanks,
Lee
It's usually disappointing to meet an artist you admire. In my case, when fans meet me they usually wind up looking like they feel sorry for me. With this in mind, if you still want to say hello you can give me a call when you're in the neighborhood. Not saying I'll necessarily be available to meet. OK?
Is there a headshot of you I can use in a blog post about your work?
I'm sure there is. Or, you can draw one. Trace around the bottom of a round can to draw a circle, then you can use smaller round things to draw the glasses, my nose, etc., or you can do them freehand. Good luck!
Have you seen the youtube of the man who swims with thr polar bear? Is that Larry?
I have not seen it. I do not know, but if the polar bear eats the man it is not Larry. Larry would never do anything like that.
I was introduced to your work by Raphael Aloysius Lafferty. I find your work quite cerebral.
Was wondering if you ever do public readings of your work. I’d be glad to attend and would
hope to pick your brain afterward.
You are not the first one to have this idea. You can submit your bid to the firm of Burke and Hare LLP, auction to be concluded at a date to be determined.
I read my first book by myself! It was daddys. It was Fat Elliot and The Gorilla. You are good. I like it alot. Daddy say you are a jeenyus. I like you. I am 4.
Chronologically?
Love your books and how you read them. Call me sick, but I would pay you fifty bucks to sit in front of a bunch of kids from Barney and Friends and read the first two pages of Young Adult Novel, with a lot of close ups of the five-year-old kids reacting in dismay as you read the whole thing. Then Barney trying to interrupt the whole thing to start up a singalong. But unknown to him, the song has been changed to Nirvana’s %u201CFrancis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle%u201D . You pick up a mic and join the kids in a merry hopping dance and sing
with the closing titles rolling down. That’s called TV history in the making.
You're sick. Incidentally, don't mess with Barney. That's not a costume.
Tell Doctor Weiss that he should add the Soul Jazz Orchestra to your podcasts.
This sounds like a Pinkwater anthem or something: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OURc_W6SlKA
I am very pleased to leave the musical and artistic choices around here to Daktari Ed. He is a genius and polymath.  However, you have suggested.
Here is some HTML code to make your own eye-brow waggling Pinkwater:
<a href=”http://pho.to/1bA7c” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://media.share.pho.to/1bA7c/22cd145a_l.gif”/></a>
Have fun!
Except, in real life those are not eyebrows. They are specially trained caterpillars.
Thank you. My eleven year old daughter just loves your books! She became hooked with “Adventures of a cat-whiskered girl.” She bought Yggyssey, but said she can’t read that until she gets the other book, The Neddiad (which she is currently looking for). She’s also looking for Escape to Dwerg Mountain. You’ve made a huge difference in a child’s life! She was already turned onto reading, but to keep her turned onto reading at this age and with all of the technology says quite a bit! You ROCK, as she would say! Thank you!
Thank you.
Tell your eleven year old daughter that the books can be read in any order. I planned it that way. Also, Escape to Dwerg Mountain doesn't exist at this time. Bushman Lives! exists. The Neddiad is my favorite, no, maybe Bushman Lives! is my favorite. I don't know.
I rock.
Hey Daniel. I read on your Wikipedia page about an interview in 1978 where you discussed psychedelic/hallucinogenic undertones in The Big Orange Splot. I’m unable to find that interview and I was wondering if you could discuss those undertones.
Thanks
-Cooper.
I only discuss that in undertones.
I wrote my first book, and I think I need an agent. Any recommendations or suggestions?
Back in the 20th century when I had to fall back on being a writer, there were not so many agents. What people did then was get a publisher, and then after a book or two get an agent. Now there are a lot of agents. People look for an agent and then possibly get published. I suggest the following in shopping for an agent: However the relationship begins is how it will always be--so if an agent you are considering hiring treats you like they are doing you a great big favor...well, you see my point.
Aloha.
Your books are so colorful! Even the chapter books have so many descriptive words that employ color! Are you going to do some more pictures for your books?
A hui hou
Akoni Kaleo
Mostly other better artists are doing the pictures these days--but I might possibly. Mahalo!
