News Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater May 30, 2009 • Daniel Pinkwater is the author of at least 100 books for children, young adults and even adults. He makes frequent appearances on Weekend Edition with Scott Simon to read and discuss books for children.
Books New Book Collects Copp Children Stories September 6, 2008 • Scott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition's Daniel Pinkwater, about a new book called Jim Copp, Will You Tell Me A Story? The book is a collection of three of Copp and Ed Brown's stories for children, put in book form for the first time. New Book Collects Copp Children Stories Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/94352775/94352799" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater An Illustrated Visit to a Bear's Lair June 7, 2008 • Bonny Becker's new book, A Visitor for Bear, recounts the tale of a "small and gray and bright-eyed" mouse who warmed a big bear's heart. An Illustrated Visit to a Bear's Lair Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91210635/91279983" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Obama Tops Clinton, in a Manner of Speaking May 30, 2008 • Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says Barack Obama has the advantage over Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, because Obama talks in public as if he were talking in private. She doesn't. Obama Tops Clinton, in a Manner of Speaking Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91007301/91007274" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater Quirky Poetry Collection a Salute to Silly Stanzas January 19, 2008 • In Calef Brown's Flamingos on the Roof, mosquitoes wear tuxedoes, dogs sport plaid suits and thunder is a cafe staple. His new collection of poems and paintings creates a carefree world full of alliteration, frivolity and fun. Quirky Poetry Collection a Salute to Silly Stanzas Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/18162731/18255587" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater A Children's Classic 'Toots' Back to Bookshelves October 26, 2007 • To mark the 100th anniversary of author Hardie Gramatky's birth, Penguin Putnam is reissuing a restored version of Little Toot. The children's classic is the tale of a small tugboat that overcomes its fears and learns to grow up. A Children's Classic 'Toots' Back to Bookshelves Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15606787/15691600" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater 'Mary Smith' Wakes Up Village Sleepyheads August 25, 2007 • In the early 20th century, many of England's workers awoke to the tap, tap, tap of their town's "knocker-up." In her children's book Mary Smith, Andrea U'Ren follows a day in the life of a knocker-up armed with a pea shooter. 'Mary Smith' Wakes Up Village Sleepyheads Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/13879507/13947588" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater A Cat's Tale Hits Home in 'Nini, Here and There' June 30, 2007 • The new children's book Nini, Here and There, by Anita Lobel, explores the value of home through the eyes of a family member who is sometimes underfoot, but not overlooked. Nini, the striped tabby cat, fears she'll be left behind when her family goes on a trip. A Cat's Tale Hits Home in 'Nini, Here and There' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11520309/11520472" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion From Hillbilly Highway to Gourmet Row June 19, 2007 • The culinary landscape in Commentator Daniel Pinkwater's Hudson Valley town has suddenly been transformed, and he says it's almost impossible to believe. The stretch of hillbilly highway is all of a sudden turning into slob gourmet row. From Hillbilly Highway to Gourmet Row Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11203450/11203451" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion You Call That Folk? May 24, 2007 • Whenever there is a revival of folk music, the music gets further from its roots — and gets closer to being ludicrous. You Call That Folk? Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10397613/10397615" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater It's Easy to Appreciate 'Mr. Pusskins' March 10, 2007 • Mr. Pusskins is a new book for children about appreciating what we have. It's written and illustrated by Sam Lloyd. It's Easy to Appreciate 'Mr. Pusskins' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/7819862/7819863" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater Books for Kids, for Every Winter Holiday December 16, 2006 • Children's author Daniel Pinkwater and Scott Simon read The Secret Science Project that ALMOST Ate the School by Judy Sierra and Stephen Gammel. Pinkwater also offers a list of books to give, get or simply read and enjoy this winter. Books for Kids, for Every Winter Holiday Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6631429/6631923" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Falling Ill in Africa, and Loving It November 29, 2006 • Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells the story of his travels in East Africa in 1967 -- and how one night when he was very ill, lizards stared and him and played around. In retrospect, it was his finest night in Africa. Falling Ill in Africa, and Loving It Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6556425/6556426" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Eating the Unknown: Best Meal Ever November 14, 2006 • When commentator Daniel Pinkwater goes for a meal at a neighborhood Chinese restaurant, the owner treats him like family. And when she brings an amazing dish, he devours it. But she cannot tell him anything about it: not its name, what it is called in Chinese or English; nothing. Eating the Unknown: Best Meal Ever Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6487304/6487305" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Living With an Inability to Do Math October 11, 2006 • Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has a real problem stemming from childhood: He is incapable of doing mathematics. Teachers called him lazy. But he could read and write like a whiz. Living With an Inability to Do Math Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/6248503/6248504" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater 'The Cremation of Sam McGee' August 19, 2006 • With memorable illustrations from painter Ted Harrison, the morbidly funny 1907 Robert Service poem about the fate of a Yukon gold prospector is resurrected as a children's story. 'The Cremation of Sam McGee' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5672398/5672576" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Forget No-Sugar -- Gimme 'Sfogliatelle' August 14, 2006 • Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has pretty much cut sugar out of his diet (and lost about 100 pounds). But there is one important exception. In Poughkeepsie, N.Y., a local bakery serves the Italian dessert "sfogiatelle." How non-artificially sweet it is! Forget No-Sugar -- Gimme 'Sfogliatelle' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5646370/5646371" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion A Printmaker Gets an (Unlikely) New Fan July 19, 2006 • Commentator Daniel Pinkwater talks about his meeting with a Japanese printmaker. Pinkwater was tickled by the fact that both he and his new friend were short, fat, and wore glasses. Later, Daniel found one of the man's prints in a junk store. A Printmaker Gets an (Unlikely) New Fan Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5568639/5568640" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater A Batty Beach Trip June 24, 2006 • Brian Lies imagines a different kind of trip to the beach in his picture book, Bats at the Beach. Our ambassador to the world of children's literature, Daniel Pinkwater, talks with Scott Simon about the book. A Batty Beach Trip Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5507234/5507970" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion A Job's Saving Graces: Milk Duds and Doughnuts June 7, 2006 • Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls his experience as a hack sculptor in Chicago near a factory that produced candy. He tells how the job included great doughnuts and the constant smell of Milk Duds. He quit, but Pinkwater regrets not getting the name of the place where the doughnuts were bought. A Job's Saving Graces: Milk Duds and Doughnuts Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5458434/5458435" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Riding In Your Own Checker Cab May 18, 2006 • Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls a Checker cab he once owned. He rode around with his large dogs. Occasionally, people would mistake the car for a real taxi. He tells about one old woman who flagged him down and ignored the dogs, but paid for the ride with treats -- which Pinkwater could share with the animals. Riding In Your Own Checker Cab Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5415861/5415862" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Driveway Moments Colorful Lessons in 'How to Be a Good Dog' February 11, 2006 • The picture book How to Be a Good Dog is quite an engaging read. And Lulu, the ever-clever canine, has plenty of good things to say about it herself. Colorful Lessons in 'How to Be a Good Dog' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5198732/5201673" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater 'Jellybeans': A Deceptively Simple Kids' Tale July 15, 2005 • Scott Simon and children's author Daniel Pinkwater talk about a new book for children called Jellybeans, by Sylvia van Ommen. 'Jellybeans': A Deceptively Simple Kids' Tale Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4755056/4755882" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Red-Letter Days of Lettering June 28, 2005 • Commentator Daniel Pinkwater remembers -- fondly -- an art class in grade school that gave him the skills of good lettering. Red-Letter Days of Lettering Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4721965/4721966" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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