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Daniel Pinkwater


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in Memphis, Tennessee, The United States
November 15, 1941

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Daniel Manus Pinkwater is an author of mostly children's books and is an occasional commentator on National Public Radio. He attended Bard College. Well-known books include Lizard Music, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, Fat Men from Space, Borgel, and the picture book The Big Orange Splot. Pinkwater has also illustrated many of his books in the past, although for more recent works that task has passed to his wife Jill Pinkwater. ...more

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Lizard Music news from Hollywood


‘The Smashing Machine’ Duo Benny Safdie & Dwayne Johnson To Reteam On Hot Package ‘Lizard Music’ – The Dish 


More at deadline.com. Mr. Johnson is apparently slimming down for the role of the Chicken Man.


Can you picture it?Hope he knows how to play the accordion!
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Published on September 10, 2025 18:39
Average rating: 4.01 · 25,992 ratings · 3,865 reviews · 157 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Big Orange Splot

4.40 avg rating — 2,873 ratings — published 1977 — 33 editions
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Lizard Music

4.16 avg rating — 2,226 ratings — published 1976 — 23 editions
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The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

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3.88 avg rating — 1,577 ratings — published 1977 — 27 editions
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The Neddiad: How Neddie Too...

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Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy fr...

4.35 avg rating — 1,057 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions
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The Snarkout Boys and the A...

4.39 avg rating — 1,005 ratings — published 1982 — 14 editions
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Mrs. Noodlekugel

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Borgel

4.28 avg rating — 590 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions
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Bear in Love

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“I went to college, but I learned to write by reading and writing.”
Daniel Pinkwater

“Chickens have an uncanny sense of direction.”
Daniel Manus Pinkwater, Lizard Music
tags: humor

“My parents believe in the principle of ‘sink or swim,’ or ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ― or it kills you.”

From “The Education of Robert Nifkin”
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