L. Christopher Bird

November 15, 2010

Dear Mr. Pinkwater,

I have been a fan since I read Alan Mendhelson, The Boy From Mars when I was 13 years old in 1985 from my School Library. Over the years following I read everything I could find of yours and eventually the librarian at the public library had to teach me how to use the inter-library loan system to find an elusive copy of “Young Adult Novel”.

The other week I was thinking about the Dada Ducks and the ongoing story of Kevin Shapiro, Boy Orphan. So I did the sensible thing one does in the 21st Century and opened up Google and typed in “Kevin Shapiro”.

Much to my dismay I saw no mention of the epic about our favorite boy orphan, but instead page after page of Phish Archivist, Kevin Shapiro. Not to be daunted, I tried again, I typed in “Kevin Shapiro ” <- see the space? and google suggested a series of searches the first of which was "kevin shapiro phish" and the second was "kevin shapiro boy orphan"

Eureaka! So I did the relevant search hoping to find an archive of fan written Kevin Shapiro stories.

The first hit is a link to a now defunct Livejournal archive, and surprisingly the second link is to a post by me in 2004 of my Kevin Shapiro story “Kevin Shapiro, Boy Orphan Turns Over a New Leaf” which is also archived here on the P-Zone!

I just find it interesting on how google relates search results, and the surprises you can find while searching. Have you ever done a “vanity search” on yourself and found something surprising?

I am cordially yours,

— Christopher

Jonas

November 13, 2010

Dear Mr. Pinkwater,

I like your weird stories like the Blue Moose. You’re my favorite author.

Your books are amazing.

Jonas

Django

November 13, 2010

Dear Mr.Pinkwater,

This is Django again. In school we are reading books of yours. I like the Toothgnasher Superflash. I like that you use funny names like Popsnorkle.

Your friend,

Django

Scott Sperry

November 10, 2010

I’ve been a fan for years. I worked in a Media Center in Silverthorne Elementary school for 25 years here in Colorado. I’m proud to say that we have a huge Pinkwater section in both fiction sections and your books just fly off the shelves. I’m currently retired and occasionally visit my former school and read your books to the 2nd grade. The students were asking if there are any more “Larry”, “Irving & Muktuk”, or “Mush” books in the works.

Alice Freeman

November 6, 2010

Hi Daniel,

Some years ago a person called Manus Pinkwater wrote a wonderful book, “Three Big Hogs”, which has been reread thousands of times and cherished in our family for years.

If you know this person, would you please thank him for giving us the pleasure of reading that book, and tell him that he has a family of enthusiastic fans in Vermont?

Happily,

Alice Freeman

Heidi Borgel Urbanski

November 5, 2010

Where can I get a copy of Escape to Dwerg Mounain? The local Dwerg library? The Dwerg Shop and Save? My child is reading your series backwards (Whatever. I’m just glad she is reading) and I need this book. Please.

Heidi Borgel Urbanski

ps- I bought Borgel for my Dad for Christmas last year…..For the obvious reasons…..

Attorney Bernie

October 25, 2010

I would like to get a vanity plate for my Studebaker sedan and thought the word, Dorbzeldge, would be perfect, but it has too many letters. I thought I could take out the vowels, as in, drbzldg, but the limit is six letters. But if I drop another letter, it won’t make any sense. What should I do?

Your Future Best Buddy

October 20, 2010

hey Daniel, if i go to Bard College, will you be my best buddy?

Robert Colella

October 10, 2010

Daniel,

When I was a young boy I read your Hoboken chicken book and to this very day it has remained one of my favorites. I have one question for you though, was that book under a different title, or am I imagining things?

Thanks in advance,

Robert.

Linda Siegel

October 7, 2010

Dear Mr. Pinkwater,

I just want to thank you for your new book Beautiful Yetta. I came across this book while browsing in my local bookstore. Both my parents have passed away. When I saw that your book contained my mom’s name in the title I couldn’t resist picking it up. It is not every day that I come across a book with her name in the title! It not only had my mom’s name in the title but my father was a butcher in Brooklyn and my mom made the best chicken soup ever! I bought the book and really enjoyed it. I just ordered 3 more copies as my close family members want to each have one for themselves. I would love to get my copy autographed from you. Thank you, thank you, thank you for Beautiful Yetta. Although my mom wasn’t a chicken she was the best mom in the world and I miss her every day!!

Daniel T

October 6, 2010

Dear Mr. Pinkwater,

Thank you for the suggestion to read “The Neddiad.” We are going to start reading it today!

I am still hoping that you might change your mind about writing a sequel to “Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy From Mars,” because I really would love to know what kind of adventures Leonard and Alan could get up to on Mars.

Your biggest fan and also your #1 fan,

Daniel T

Teri

October 1, 2010

I just read your artile on the Golden Wok. I sent a local to sample lunch before i drove up

to Red Hook myself. The Golden Wok owners do not

treat everyone as they treat you. She ordered duck and it so greasy as to be inedible. Sorry,

I was really looking forward to a meal there.

Teri

Liam Fletcher

September 28, 2010

hey man, just thought you might be interested in the punk rock song my band wrote inspired by your book “Alan Mendelsohn, Boy From Mars.” you can check it out at www.myspace.com/shlabotnikmusic. it’s the one called “Green Death Chili”

thanks for the books,

Liam B. Fletcher

Dave Purscell

September 27, 2010

This week our community struggles to recover from a flood that literally split our city in two (www.owatonna.com/news.php?viewStory=120943). My family was luckier than many. Some lost their homes. We only had to deal with 6″ of raw sewage in our basement. Fortunately, we were already preparing to move to our new home just two days later, so we already had a place to go. Unfortunately, those preparations included piles of boxes…in the basement.

What does that have to do with DP (aside from it also being my initials)? As we opened the smelly, soggy boxes to save what we could, I found one of my most prized posessions…Rainy Morning. It was, of course, “dripping wet”. It smelled a bit, but I put it out in the sun to dry. Hopefully we will still be able to share it with the next generation of readers in our family. In the meantime, I will just settle down with my wife, my sons, our two dogs, a couple of birds, a free ranging house chicken, and perhaps a random wildebeest or a long dead composer…and enjoy a Corn Muffin.

Natalie

September 23, 2010

Hi Mr. Pinkwater. My name is Natalie. I am 8 in the 3rd grade. My mom said I could use her computer to write you. I just read the Big Orange Splot at school. I was talking to my teacher about what you rote about my house is my dream, my house is the place I like to be. i was thinking…did you know that the first letter for each word in the title The Big Orange Splot could also stand for To Be Our Selves??? I think that is what your book is all about. My teacher told me to write you and ask if you thought about that when you wrote the book. Please write me back. thank you, Natalie