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Date:	1995-05-13
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	The Afterlife Diet
Description:	Scott Simon talks with Daniel Pinkwater, a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered and author of 'The Afterlife Diet' published by Random House, a novel in which Mr. Pinkwater 'takes a light view of the world of the heavy.' 14:00
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Book link:	The Afterlife Diet (Xlibris)

Date:	1996-01-01
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Jacques in Print
Description:	The dog who lives in the home of commentator Daniel Pinkwater has been getting some ink recently -- it started with a piece he wrote for the New York Times Book Review, then continued in the pages of 'Smithsonian' magazine. (3:00)
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Date:	1996-02-26
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Bagels in China
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater is paging through National Geographic and comes across a picture of a remote Chinese village that has bagel s. And bagels that he says look pretty good. He mourns that fact that you can get good bagels in China, but not where he lives just a hundred miles north of New York City. He is stuck with the frozen erzatz kind. (3:00)
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Date:	1996-03-19
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Iceland
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater went to Iceland a long time ago and remembers that it wasn't very good. (4:00)
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Date:	1996-04-10
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Jacques
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater's dog Jacques poses with the skill of a professional model for a magazine photographer. (3:00)
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Date:	1996-04-13
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	The Art of Writing for Children
Description:	Scott talks with All Things Considered commentator and author Daniel Pinkwater about the art of writing for children. He'll discuss a new book translated from Russian. (10:00)
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Book link:	First, Second (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)

Date:	1996-04-17
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Fan Mail
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater's blood is boiling because the publisher of his kids books has saved up his mail and sent it on to him after months of seeing it pile up. Pinkwater feels terrible for the kids who have probably been wondering why they haven't heard back yet. (2:45)
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Date:	1996-05-02
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Never Fail Diet
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has decided to reduce and offers his own special 3-part diet. Keyword: Ratatouille. (3:02)
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Date:	1996-05-07
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Cigars
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has noticed there is an enormous craze for cigars these days. A cigar culture has emerged to accompany the fad, which can be explored in cigar magazines like, 'Cigar Afficianado.'(6:30)
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Date:	1996-05-18
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Books about Science
Description:	All Things Considered commentator and author Daniel Pinkwater discusses two children's books about science. (9:15)
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Book link:	Archibald Frisby (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)

Date:	1996-05-18
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Books about Science
Description:	All Things Considered commentator and author Daniel Pinkwater discusses two children's books about science. (9:15)
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Book link:	The Weather Sky (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)

Date:	1996-05-31
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Not So Fat
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater talks about the success of his new weight loss program-- but explains that he hates thinking of his new healthy eating habits as a diet. He began losing weight he explains- for surgery. (4:00)
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Date:	1996-06-05
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Jill the Illustrator
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells about his wife, who recently offered to illustrate one of his children's stories. He talks about her skill, and how he's getting used to the idea of how good she really is at the work. (3:00)
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Date:	1996-06-15
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Description:	Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater about the children's books that are now spin-offs of the new Disney movie 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame.' (10:15)
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Date:	1996-07-17
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Clams
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater has this ode to the clam...the ones you eat. Breaded, fried, on a fresh roll with tarter sauce---on Nantucket or at the Howard Johnson's--he describes the greatness of this food and laments the fact that he lives inland now and doesn't really trust the cleanliness of the coastal waters. (4:00)
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Date:	1996-07-31
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Euro-Beeches
Description:	Familiarty can be very comforting. The smell of your mother's kitchen...the sound of the lake at a summer cottage...can make you feel that everything is right with the world. Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has this tale of the familiar suddenly disappearing. (4:00)
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Date:	1996-08-03
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Daniel's First Book
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater tells Scott about the first time he REMEMBERS reading a book as a child. He also invites a special guest to be part of the discussion. (10:40)
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Date:	1996-08-06
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Cigars II
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater sings the praises of a Double Maduro cigar, the cigar only real men dare to smoke. (2:00)
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Date:	1996-08-09
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Mars
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater is not all that excited about the recent announcement that life may have existed on Mars, because he's known about it for years. He's relieved that he can finally tell the world. (2:00)
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Date:	1996-08-26
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Buttons
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has a few reflections on those creatures known as buttons---they date back to ancient history, they eat lint, most are harmless and their nests can sometimes be found in corners of drawers. (2:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/ramarchives/nc6A2601.ram

Date:	1996-09-02
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Maxine
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells the story of how a sad-sack dog called Maxine came to be a part of his family. (5:00)
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Date:	1996-09-18
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	To Africa with Ken
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls a trip to Africa with his old friend Ken Kellman-- he says going with him was a bad idea and tells us why. (3:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/ramarchives/nc6s1801.ram

Date:	1996-09-24
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Donating Books
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater attempts to donate books to his local public library, but his philanthropy is defeated by an officious librarian. (2:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/ramarchives/nc6s2401.ram

Date:	1996-09-28
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Monster Slayer and Mystery of Navajo Moon
Description:	Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater about some new children's books.... 'Monster Slayer' and 'Mystery of Navajo Moon.' (They are published by Northland publishing in Flagstaff, Arizona.) 7:00
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Book link:	Monster Slayer (Northland)

Date:	1996-09-28
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Monster Slayer and Mystery of Navajo Moon
Description:	Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater about some new children's books.... 'Monster Slayer' and 'Mystery of Navajo Moon.' (They are published by Northland publishing in Flagstaff, Arizona.) 7:00
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Book link:	Mystery of Navajo Moon (Northland)

Date:	1996-10-07
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Under the Knife
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater describes his most recent visit to the operating room. (3:00)
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Date:	1996-10-31
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Commentator Spooky Story
Description:	Thirteen All Things Considered commentators narrate a spooky story they collaborated on. It's a story of a lonely chicken salesman and his voyage of self-discovery. The story takes him on an eerie train ride, to a farmyard populated by bizarre poultry and Yiddish-speaking farmers. The authors passed the story around by e-mail and fax, chapter by chapter. They are Alan Cheuse, Bailey White, Leon Wynter, Laurie Anderson, Andrei Codrescu, Bill Harley, Daniel Pinkwater, Joyce Maynard, Bob Garfield, Amy Dickinson, Teller, Marion Winik and Kevin Kling. (22:28)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/ramarchives/nc6o3101-4.ram

Date:	1996-11-29
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Miranda
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recently had a nice long conversation with a wolf named 'Miranda', much to the dismay of Daniel's own dogs. (3:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/ramarchives/nc6n2901.ram

Date:	1996-12-25
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	The Happiest Being
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater and his wife, Jill, met the happiest being they've ever seen: a malamut puppy, liberated from the hard work that is the lot of a sled dog in Alaska. (3:00)
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Date:	1997-01-11
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	More Spaghetti, I Say!
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater talks to Scott about the simple pleasures of reading children's books aloud.... books like More Spaghetti, I Say!
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Book link:	More Spaghetti, I Say! (Cartwheel)

Date:	1997-01-14
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Arctic Dog
Description:	The Pinkwater clan has newly acquired an Inuit puppy named Lulu. The dog proves to have a remarkable intelligence and aptitude for training. She is curious, perceptive, and willing to be trained. Commentator Daniel Pinkwater thinks that her bloodline includes some wolf. (3:45)
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Date:	1997-02-08
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Foreign books: Nina Bonita and Brush
Description:	Scott talks to Daniel Pinkwater about a couple of his favorite new children's books from other parts of the globe -- that are available in English. (10:00)
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Book link:	Nina Bonita (Kane/Miller)

Date:	1997-02-08
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Foreign books: Nina Bonita and Brush
Description:	Scott talks to Daniel Pinkwater about a couple of his favorite new children's books from other parts of the globe -- that are available in English. (10:00)
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Book link:	Brush (Sagebrush)

Date:	1997-02-10
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Miranda: In Memoriam
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater eulogizes Miranda, a timber wolf he came to know. Before passing away on Christmas. Miranda lived in captivity for many years, but never forgot she was wild...and never let those around her forget, either. (2:00)
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Date:	1997-02-25
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Bagel
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has news: the bagel is extinct. It's another case of mass-culture destroying the very cultural artifact it seeks to celebrate. Gone is the tough, hand-made bagel--replaced by the domesticated creation that can be found at Dunkin Donuts. (2:30)
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Date:	1997-03-04
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Pinkwater Diet
Description:	About a year ago, commentator Daniel Pinkwater told us about his new diet consisting of large quantities of ratatouille. Since then he has introduced lots more vegetables to his diet. And now a blessed event has occurred near his home. It's the opening of a new Mexican fast food restaurant run by a woman who is a vegetarian and a great cook. (3:00)
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Date:	1997-03-07
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Howard Stern
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater compares plots of 'Forrest Gump,' and the new movie about Howard Stern, 'Private Parts.' (1:30)
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Date:	1997-03-11
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Stew in Africa
Description:	On a trip to Africa, commentator Daniel Pinkwater tasted some stew against good advice. It ended up being one of the sickest nights of his life, but one of the best. (5:00)
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Date:	1997-04-17
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Owl in Poughkeepsie
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater visits the new home of an wayward arctic snowy owl. The bird is now living in a shopping center in Poughkeepsie, subsisting off pigeons and other bountiful urban wildlife. Daniel doesn't expect the owl to leave this land of easy living anytime soon. (1:30)
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Date:	1997-04-26
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Ten Second Rainshowers
Description:	Scott talks to Daniel Pinkwater about a new collection of poetry written by children, for children. (10:150)
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Book link:	Ten Second Rainshowers (Simon and Schuster)

Date:	1997-05-13
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Bagels 101
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says that he's worried about the future of bagel-making, since a local television station held a taste-test and rated a kind of frozen bagel as being better than some kinds of fresh ones. (2:15)
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Date:	1997-05-15
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Fat Commentator
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says that his mother-in law, mother, sister, and wife are all fat - like him. And, after reading about a woman who died last year from side effects of a diet drug, he is happy to say that they are all in excellent health. (1:30)
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Date:	1997-06-11
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Course Requirements
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater isn't sure of how he feels about some of the new courses students are taking...like 'Hyper-text Fiction.' (1:45)
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Date:	1997-06-17
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Lulu's Teeth
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater marvels over the teeth of his dog LuLu. (2:00)
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Date:	1997-07-05
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Untitled
Description:	Scott talks to Daniel Pinkwater about a publisher, Peter Bedrick Books (New York), which specializes in books for kids who love to learn. (7:00)
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Date:	1997-07-09
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Miranda the Timber Wolf
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells about a wolf with a yiddish accent. (2:30)
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Date:	1997-07-21
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Hudson Valley Lawsuits
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater talks about the huge number of lawsuits currently on the books in the sleepy New York town of Hyde Park. (1:30)
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Date:	1997-08-29
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	78'S IN POUGHKEEPSIE
Description:	Our commentator Daniel Pinkwater has found a new reason to love his home in the Hudson River Valley: a new AM radio station that plays 78's. The old-timey music is the love of its owner and general manager and dj, J.P. Ferraro. His station, WHVW, is broadcast from an old five and dime store in Poughkeepsie, New York. (8:00)
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Date:	1997-09-13
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Untitled
Description:	Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador into the world of children's books, Daniel Pinkwater, about learning to read.
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Date:	1997-09-30
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Animals in Africa
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says that he had to go all the way to Africa to get a decent night's sleep. After living in New York City, he's had trouble sleeping in the peace and quiet of the Hudson Valley. But when he made a trip to Africa, the nocturnal chatter of the animals made him feel right at home. (3:00)
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Date:	1997-11-29
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Untitled
Description:	Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador into the world of children's literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about what to buy for those children on your holiday gift list. (7:45)
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Date:	1997-12-09
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Lulu
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has a new addition to his household: a twelve week old Inuit puppy named Lulu. (4:00)
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Date:	1998-01-05
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Email
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater gives us an example of e-mail humor. (1:30)
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Date:	1998-03-18
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Valley of Crustlessness
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says that there aren't many good restaurants in the Hudson Valley, where he lives...but he and his wife finally found one. Unfortunately, the owner is planning on selling the place. Daniel says he's dreading the new proprietors. (3:30)
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Date:	1998-04-04
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Children's Poetry
Description:	In honor of National Poetry Month, Scott speaks with Weekend Saturday''s ambassador to the world of children''s literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about two new books of children's poetry. (9:15)
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Date:	1998-05-08
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	The Amazing Cheeseburger Diet
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater talks about that staple of American culture, the cheeseburger. The problem is, it's basically high in calories and not considered something that people who want to lose weight can eat on a regular basis. In fact, Daniel thinks that the reason his diets have failed is because he ends up craving a cheeseburger. But using a little ingenuity, he's come up with a way to circumvent the high calorie potential of cheeseburgers. (3:30)
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Date:	1998-06-03
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Obesity
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater considers new data showing an increase in the rate of obesity among Americans. He prefers to celebrate the news, arguing that the world will be a better place if we all added a few pounds. (3:00)
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Date:	1998-06-09
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Flashcard Lulu
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater continues the tale of his dog Lulu. Lulu w1hes TV with an obvious attention and comprehension--and so Daniel tries to teach Lulu to read. She is a fast learner. (3:00)
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Date:	1998-08-08
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Folk Tales
Description:	Scott speaks with Weekend Edition''s ambassador into the world of kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about a collection of folk tales from around the world. (8:30)
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Date:	1998-08-11
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	The Wristwatch Show
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater likes a certain show on cable television that comes on in the wee small hours of the morning. The show focuses only on selling wristwatches. He says it's positively hypnotic. This item is unavailable due to copyright issues.
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Date:	1998-09-05
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Music Over Manhattan
Description:	Scott speaks with a very enthusiastic Daniel Pinkwater about a new book for children, called Music over Manhattan . (9:45)
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Book link:	Music over Manhattan (Doubleday)

Date:	1998-10-15
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	The Family in Hollywood
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater explains how his father's decision to move to Hollywood resulted in Daniel having a warped point of view. (4:00)
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Date:	1998-10-16
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Waldorf Salad
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells the story of how his father may have invented, or re-invented, the Waldorf salad. This item is unavailable due to copyright issues.
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Date:	1998-12-05
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	The Ink Drinker
Description:	Scott speaks (and reads) with Daniel Pinkwater about the children's book The Ink Drinker , by Eric Sanvoisin. (Delacorte Press)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1000267
Book link:	The Ink Drinker (Delacorte)

Date:	1998-12-09
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Children's Publishing
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater shares a personal story about adventures in children's book publishing. This item is unavailable due to Internet rights issues.
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Date:	1998-12-22
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Teletubbies
Description:	The Teletubbies make commentator Daniel Pinkwater lose his normally-curmudgeonly reaction to people inside latex suits. He loves them. He says that w1hing them is like w1hing a group of toddlers. (3:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1032339

Date:	1998-12-25
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Blue Moose
Description:	We'll hear a rebroadcast of the radio play 'The Blue Moose,' originally broadcast a decade ago. It was written by commentator Daniel Pinkwater, and performed various NPR personalities. (12:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1032385
Book link:	Blue Moose

Date:	1999-03-27
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	The Good Little Girl
Description:	Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater about a new children's book, David Lawrence's A Good Little Girl, in which a little girl's alter ego terrorizes her family and demands waffles for breakfast. (8:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1047474
Book link:	The Good Little Girl (Doubleday)

Date:	1999-04-24
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Polkabats and Octopus Slacks
Description:	Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater about children's poetry. They discuss a book by Calef Brown called Polka Bats and Octopus Slacks. (9:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1048853
Book link:	Polkabats and Octopus Slacks (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	1999-05-15
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Shel Silverstein Remembered
Description:	Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition's ambassador to kiddie literature, about Shel Silverstein, the children's author, who died this week. (8:15)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1050072

Date:	1999-07-01
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Mensa Meeting
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater was asked to speak before a group of Mensa members. He enjoyed the experience -- and is glad he's not a member. (3:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1053522

Date:	1999-08-13
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Forbes
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater is unabashedly a Steve Forbes man. He really likes the idea of someone so rich on top --- someone who can buy off trouble makers like Saddam Hussein or Slobodan Milosevic --- someone who doesn't have to be constrained by the whims or politics of congress. (3:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1055271

Date:	1999-09-04
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Toestomper and the Caterpillars
Description:	Scott talks with Weekend Edition Saturday's children's book authority, Daniel Pinkwater, about Toestomper and the Catepillars, by Sharleen Collicott.(10:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1058152
Book link:	Toestomper and the Caterpillars (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	1999-11-12
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Kids & Guns
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says today's public concern about guns in the hands of children is a marked change from the era when he was growing up. (3:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1066569

Date:	1999-11-13
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	I, Crocodile
Description:	Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition Saturday's ambassador to the world of childrens' literature, about a new book called I, Crocodile by Fred Marcellino (Harper Collins). (10:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1066600
Book link:	I, Crocodile (Joanna Cotler)

Date:	1999-12-04
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Zip Guns
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater says today's public concern about guns in the hands of children is a marked change from the era when he was growing up. (2:56)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/weed/19991204.weed.03.ram

Date:	1999-12-25
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Wizard Crystal Christmas Pageant
Description:	From the NPR Archives of 1988, an All Things Considered Christmas Pageant, written by Daniel Pinkwater. It stars Bob Edwards as an unhappy wizard in seach of a magic crystal. Co-starring Daniel Schorr as a Blue Moose, with various NPR reporters and hosts playing frogs. (19:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/weed/19991225.weed.07.ram
Book link:	Wizard Crystal (Dodd Mead)

Date:	2000-01-15
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type
Description:	Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater about a new children's book about collective bargaining called Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type. (9:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1069209
Book link:	Click,Clack,Moo: Cows that Type (Simon and Schuster)

Date:	2000-02-26
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
Description:	Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's own Daniel Pinkwater, who raves about a new children's book called Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, by D. B. Johnson. (Published by Houghton MIfflin) (12:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1070877
Book link:	Henry Hikes to Fitchburg (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2000-07-15
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Brave Potatoes
Description:	Scott and Daniel Pinkwater read from the children's book Brave Potatoes, a story about a group of potatoes and their attempt not to spend life on a couch or in a pan. (9:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1079549
Book link:	Brave Potatoes (Putnam)

Date:	2000-09-02
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Basho and the Fox
Description:	Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition Saturday's ambassador to the world of childrens' literature, about a new book called Basho and the Fox. (11:15)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1081489
Book link:	Basho and the Fox (Marshall Cavendish)

Date:	2000-09-30
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Gershon's Monster
Description:	Scott speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition Saturday's ambassador to the world of children's literature, about a new book for Rosh Hashanah called 'Gershon's Monster.' (11:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1111829
Book link:	Gershon's Monster (Scholastic)

Date:	2000-11-25
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Small Brown Dog's Bad Remembering Day
Description:	Scott and Daniel Pinkwater, discuss, read and have fun with a new book for kids, called Small Brown Dog's Bad Remembering Day. (9:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1114538
Book link:	Small Brown Dog's Bad Remembering Day (Dutton)

Date:	2000-12-23
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Wolf Christmas
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater reads from his story for young and old, Wolf Christmas. (6:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1115955
Book link:	Wolf Christmas (Marshall Cavendish)

Date:	2001-02-06
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Skunks
Description:	Scott speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of Children's Literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about a new book for children called Skunks, by David T. Greenberg and Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. (9:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1118057
Book link:	Skunks (Little,Brown,Young)

Date:	2001-09-15
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Park Beat
Description:	Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater about the book Park Beat.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1118057
Book link:	Park Beat (HarperCollins)

Date:	2001-12-15
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Amber was Brave, Essie was Smart
Description:	Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, about a new book of poems for children called Amber was Brave, Essie was Smart, by Vera B. Williams.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1134868
Book link:	Amber was Brave,Essie was Smart (Greenwillow)

Date:	2002-01-19
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Henry Builds a Cabin
Description:	Scott talks with Daniel Pinkwater, the Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, about a new book for children called Henry Builds a Cabin. The book is by D.B. Johnson and is published by Houghton Mifflin.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1136641
Book link:	Henry Builds a Cabin (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2002-03-02
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Davy Crockett Saves the World
Description:	Scott Simon is joined by Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, for a reading of the new children's' book called Davy Crockett Saves the World, by Rosalyn Schanzer. (7:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1139226
Book link:	Davy Crockett Saves the World (HarperCollins)

Date:	2002-03-14
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	How to React
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater takes note of the flap over the show at the Jewish Museum in New York City. He says the right way to show your unhappiness would be through ridicule, not boring protest or calling for government action.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1139889

Date:	2002-05-18
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Pinkwater and 'The Frog'
Description:	Scott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater. They talk about a new book of nonsense poems by Jack Prelutsky called, The Frog Wore Red Suspenders. (9:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1143586
Book link:	The Frog Wore Red Suspenders (Greenwillow)

Date:	2002-06-20
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Fat Flier
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater reacts to the misreported news yesterday that said Southwest Airlines is changing its policy to charge fat people for two seats when they fly. Southwest says this policy has always been in effect if a passenger cannot fit comfortably into one seat. Pinkwater, who is 'openly fat,' says flying stinks anyway. He stopped flying when the seats shrank, the service went downhill and the food went bad. (2:15)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1145331

Date:	2002-07-06
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	The Story of Little Babaji
Description:	Scott Simon speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, about a new rendition of Little Black Sambo called The Story of Little Babaji, illustrated by Fred Marcellino. (11:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1146257
Book link:	The Story of Little Babaji (Joanna Cotler)

Date:	2002-08-24
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Arlene Sardine
Description:	Host Scott Simon speaks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, about a book for children called Arlene Sardine by Chris Raschka.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148863
Book link:	Arlene Sardine (Scholastic)

Date:	2002-08-27
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Incoming Freshmen
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater speaks to a seemingly catatonic group of new college students. They ask no questions. To him, the talk appears to have been a disaster. Later he sees signs in the school lobby about 'TV rentals' and then comes to a realization. They treated him like a video -- and just watched. (2:45)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1149042

Date:	2002-09-06
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Blackjack
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls finding in his father's office drawer two weapons known as blackjacks. Blackjacks are lead weights used to knock people on the head. Why two? One for the black suit, one for the brown. His dad taught him fashion. (2:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1149599

Date:	2002-09-24
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Against All Odds
Description:	A vet told commentator Daniel Pinkwater that his dog was dying. The Pinkwaters' reaction was one of denial. It turns out they were right. The dog beat the cancer. (4:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1150566

Date:	2002-10-02
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Barbershop
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater paints a picture of the barbershop of his youth. He hated the actual haircut, but loved the comic books, the sounds and the smells. (2:00)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1150987

Date:	2002-10-09
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Irate Listener
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells us about an NPR listener who called him to complain about the accent he uses to portray his father's voice on the radio. (1:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1151360

Date:	2002-10-12
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Farfallina and Marcel
Description:	Host Scott Simon and Weekend Edition's ambassador to kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater, talk about a new children's book called Farfallina & Marcel, by Holly Keller. Together they read the story to the listeners. (8:00) (The publisher is Greenwillow Books.)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1151556
Book link:	Farfallina and Marcel (Greenwillow)

Date:	2002-10-15
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	The Lone Ranger
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls a childhood encounter with The Lone Ranger. In person. Sort of. (4:30)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1151717

Date:	2002-11-07
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Selling Books
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater doesn't like selling his books. He shuns interviews, but he needs to get paid for the books. So he usually talks about anything but the book. He says he has a beatnik streak and that his liberal education is to blame. Other artists have PR firms to help out; he doesn't.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=835406

Date:	2002-12-21
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Yellow Umbrella
Description:	Host Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of children's literature, discuss and read from two books for children, Another Perfect Day by Ross MacDonald and Yellow Umbrella by Jae-Soo Liu. Yellow Umbrella comes with a music CD composed Dong Il Sheen to play while reading the book.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=883541
Book link:	Yellow Umbrella (Kane/Miller)

Date:	2002-12-21
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Another Perfect Day
Description:	Host Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of children's literature, discuss and read from two books for children, Another Perfect Day by Ross MacDonald and Yellow Umbrella by Jae-Soo Liu. Yellow Umbrella comes with a music CD composed Dong Il Sheen to play while reading the book.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=883541
Book link:	Another Perfect Day (Roaring Brook)

Date:	2003-01-20
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Sergeant Preston
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater remembers Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, and Yukon King, Preston's trusty malamute. And he reflects on his own dog companions.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=928064
Book link:	Uncle Boris in the Yukon and Other Shaggy Dog Stories (Simon and Schuster)

Date:	2003-03-05
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Subway Q & A
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater praises a local New York City cable TV show called Subway Q & A. A man with a microphone and camera wanders the underground transit system asking people their innermost fears and thoughts, and also trying to persuade them to do stunts such as sing, dance, dress up funny, flirt with strangers and more. Pinkwater considers it his favorite TV show and w1hes it over and over.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1184142

Date:	2003-04-12
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	The Red Wolf
Description:	One of the most enduring fairy tale motifs is that of a beautiful princess confined high up in a tower. In The Red Wolf, a new book by Margaret Shannon, that princess is named Roselupin, and she passes the time by knitting and plotting her escape. Daniel Pinkwater, NPR's ambassador to the world of children's literature, joins NPR's Scott Simon to read from the book.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1229559
Book link:	The Red Wolf (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2003-06-21
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	A Day in the Life of Murphy
Description:	NPR's Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater read and discuss a new book for children called A Day in the Life of Murphy, by Alice Provenson. It's published by Simon and Schuster.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1306437
Book link:	A Day in the Life of Murphy (Simon and Schuster)

Date:	2003-07-21
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Obedience School, Eastern Style
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater explains how the influence of samurai movies shaped his latter day behavior when it came to dog training. Rather than use force, Pinkwater sought the Eastern-way -- a path of doggie enlightenment. The results were personal injury and a return to traditional methods.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1344438

Date:	2003-08-29
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Fat Guy for the Queer Eye
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater thinks the TV show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is appalling. He says the gays on the show have terrible taste and wind up filling up people's lives with brand-name products. And he admits to loving it.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1415687

Date:	2003-09-11
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Fat Dogs
Description:	While listening to this program, commentator Daniel Pinkwater was startled by the news that American cats and dogs are too fat. He has a conversation with his dog Lulu about the situation.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1428321

Date:	2003-09-20
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	The Picture of Morty and Ray
Description:	NPR's Scott Simon talks with Daniel Pinkwater, the Weekend Edition Saturday ambassador to the world of children's literature. This time, they discuss one of Pinkwater's own books: The Picture of Morty and Ray, illustrated by Jack E. Davis.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1437389
Book link:	The Picture of Morty and Ray (HarperCollins)

Date:	2003-10-22
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Dog or Wolf?
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells about a dog named Lulu, whose character is shaped entirely by one key part of her make-up: she is more wolf than dog. She understands everything her masters say, but feels no need to obey.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1475302

Date:	2003-10-30
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Lulu, the Talking Dog
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater illustrates how he got his dog, Lulu, to read her own name on a card. The trick is, 'Lulu' is a word a dog can say. (Link includes a practice session with Lulu!)
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1485255

Date:	2003-11-15
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Little Old Big Beard and Big Young Little Beard
Description:	NPR's Scott Simon talks with Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, about a new book for children called Little Old Big Beard and Big Young Little Beard, by Remy Charlip.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1507837
Book link:	Little Old Big Beard and Big Young Little Beard (Marshall Cavendish)

Date:	2003-12-12
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Don't Diss Hoboken, N.J.
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater disses a local-to-New York PBS show called 'A Walk Thru ...' when it profiles Hoboken, N.J., a community he knows very well. The show skirts all the important historical color he loves so much.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1546028

Date:	2003-12-20
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Henry Climbs a Mountain
Description:	NPR's ambassador to children's literature, Daniel Pinkwater, brings in the latest book by one of his favorite author/illustrators, D.B. Johnson. Henry Climbs a Mountain is the third in a series of books featuring a bear based on naturalist Henry David Thoreau.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1555077
Book link:	Henry Climbs a Mountain (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2004-01-06
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Glass by Any Name
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater destroys a light fixture that hung over his kitchen table. He discovers a place called 'Pinkwater Glass' that is near his house. It is no relation to him, much to his relief. He learns of the odd and arbitrary way the place got its name and orders up a splendid replacement for his kitchen from his namesake.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1585838

Date:	2004-02-14
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Slithery Jake
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater, the Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of children's literature, joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss the tale and to read aloud.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1675109
Book link:	Slithery Jake (HarperCollins)

Date:	2004-03-06
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	A Centennial Tribute to Dr. Seuss
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater, champion of children's literature for Weekend Edition, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodore Giesel, a.k.a Dr. Seuss. Pinkwater reads an excerpt from the very first Seuss book: And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1749674
Book link:	And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street (Random House)

Date:	2004-05-07
Program/Website:	The Next Big Thing
Title:	Pet Cloning
Description:	A new company is offering a pet cloning service. We consult with one expert, Lulu, on whether or not such a service seems desirable. Translation provided by Lulu's owner, Daniel Pinkwater.
Listen:	http://www.wnyc.org/stream/ram.py?file=nbt/nbt050804a.ra

Date:	2004-05-08
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	And Here's to You
Description:	Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of children's literature, Daniel Pinkwater, brings in a new kids' book, called And Here's to You!, by David Elliott.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1889354
Book link:	And Here's to You (Candlewick)

Date:	2004-05-20
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	A Bullying Youth
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater remembers his own youthful non-concern for the safety and dignity of others in light of stories of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. reservists. He gave a fellow student a 'Mickey Finn' but didn't care about the consequences.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1904241

Date:	2004-05-28
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Blind Patriotism, Youth and Bad Behavior
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has been dredging up memories triggered by recent items in the news about the bad and blind behavior of young people. He recalls how the threat of the 'communist menace' infected a college friend of his into giving up his personal life to fight in the Cold War.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1915148

Date:	2004-05-28
Program/Website:	The Next Big Thing
Title:	Dog Comments
Description:	Most of the news these days is for the dogs. So perhaps it is fitting that we turn to Lulu, a dog on Capitol Hill, to offer some trenchant analysis. Translation provided by LuluÆs owner, Daniel Pinkwater. Produced by Jill Krauss.
Listen:	http://www.wnyc.org/stream/ram.py?file=nbt/nbt052904a.ra

Date:	2004-06-21
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Playing Patriotism in the Catskills
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells the story of his father's business success in the Catskills. He says his father understood the symbolic and economic value of a little well-placed patriotism.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1967750

Date:	2004-06-29
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Driving a Grease Car
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells us about a conversion kit that allows your diesel car to run on used cooking oil. But he'd rather not go to restaurants to get waste. Instead, he wants to cook food right in his grease car, eat the food, then use the oil as fuel.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3022467

Date:	2004-07-13
Program/Website:	Fresh Air with Terry Gross
Title:	Looking for Bobowicz
Description:	His new book is Looking for Bobowicz. In addition to his duties as an NPR commentator, he's written more than 60 books for children and the young at heart, including Irving and Muktuk: Bad Bears in the Big City and The Picture of Morty and Ray. Pinkwater lives in upstate New York with his wife Jill, who illustrated Looking for Bobowicz.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3360028
Book link:	Looking for Bobowicz (HarperCollins)

Date:	2004-07-17
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Edward Lear and 'A Pelican Chorus'
Description:	A lively new book for children who aren't averse to a bit of verse, The Pelican Chorus and Other Nonsense features the poems of Edward Lear and the illustrations of Fred Marcellino. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and children's literature aficionado Daniel Pinkwater.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3482027
Book link:	The Pelican Chorus (HarperTrophy)

Date:	2004-08-14
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Arlo Guthrie Writes a Children's Book
Description:	NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about a book written by Arlo Guthrie and illustrated by Alice M. Brock (of Alice's Restaurant fame). The book is called Mooses Come Walking.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3851407
Book link:	Mooses come Walking (Chronicle)

Date:	2004-08-20
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	It's 'Pundit,' Not 'Pundint'
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater cautions against saying 'pundint' when we mean 'pundit.' He says he's not a language snob, but this bastardization of a word is too much for him. He hears the word 'pundint' a lot in sports commentary.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3862693

Date:	2004-08-31
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Teaching a Dumb Dog New Tricks
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater stubbornly tries to teach his dog, Maxine, to obey a few basic commands. The dog seems to grasp the concepts, but is so excited by her own understanding that she keeps running back and forth to her owner to proudly confirm she's doing the right thing.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3881721

Date:	2004-09-23
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Can Political News Get Real?
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater wants more focus placed on one problem: that neither candidate is doing anything more than speaking in sound-bites, and a real debate has not taken place on the issues. He offers insight into the bickering and trivialities he sees in the campaign.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3933563

Date:	2004-09-28
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Uniforms, Dress and Conformity among Teens
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater remembers how a beret got him in trouble in high school. Back then, conformity in dress was stressed. He also recalls he got photographed by possible FBI agents for attending concerts by black musicians.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4051553

Date:	2004-10-02
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Crocodile Laughs in 'Guji Guji'
Description:	The illustrated children's book Guji Guji is a modern-day ugly duckling story with a reptilian twist: the title character is a crocodile raised among a family of ducks. Daniel Pinkwater and NPR's Scott Simon read from the book.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4058317
Book link:	Guji Guji (Kane/Miller)

Date:	2004-10-11
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Golden Wok, Feeling Like Home
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater explains the simple, blissful joys of dining at a local Chinese restaurant. A tale of small pleasures.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4080647

Date:	2004-10-19
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	When Campaign Name-Calling Got Out of Hand
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater reveals that he once ran for office while in school. His opponent slandered him with posters saying 'Pinkie is a Winkie,' but despite protests that this was both unfair and pure nonsense, the teachers refused to intervene. It was a dirty campaign.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4117253

Date:	2004-11-04
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	When Being Gay Was Not a Liability
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls the election for student council president at his high school in the 1950s, when an openly gay young man ran for the post, and lost -- but only because he gave a bad speech.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4144528

Date:	2004-11-10
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Among Greek Gifts to the World, Spanakopita Ranks High
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater praises a new eatery near his home that specializes in Greek food. It has made him a better writer and better person. He calls spanakopita the greatest gift the Greeks ever gave the world.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4163750

Date:	2004-11-18
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	The Fine Art of Bluffing
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater tells how he developed and refined the skill of talking about subjects he had no idea about. He amazed himself, and others.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4177166

Date:	2004-11-27
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	A New 'Wind in the Willows'
Description:	There's a new, abridged edition of the children's book Wind in the Willows, illustrated by Inga Moore. But it may be hard to find in bookstores. Weekend Edition children's literature specialist Daniel Pinkwater discusses the book with NPR's Scott Simon.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4189041
Book link:	The Wind in the Willows (Candlewick)

Date:	2004-12-10
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Welcoming a Red-Tailed Hawk to the Backyard
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has a new guest in his backyard: a red-tailed hawk. It has chased other birds away, and presides over the backyard like an airborne warlord. Pinkwater feels privileged the hawk chose his domain for his new home.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4222505

Date:	2004-12-17
Program/Website:	Car Talk
Title:	Car Talk Christmas Carol
Description:	Click and Clack ring in the holiday season with A Car Talk Christmas Carol, starring Tom and Ray Magliozzi and a stellar cast of public radio personalities. In a new take on the Dickens classic, the 'Scroogiozzi Brothers' get a lesson in generosity from the Spirits of Public Radio Past, Present and Future. ChildrenÆs author and Weekend Edition Commentator Daniel Pinkwater narrates.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4231170

Date:	2005-01-03
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Terrorism Is Sociological, Not Political
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater notes that terrorists are not defined by their politics, but their tactics. The U.S. has its own version of terrorists: They are gangbangers, and Pinkwater says the term is good enough for those causing mischief in the Middle East.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4256591

Date:	2005-02-03
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	A Teen's Tobacco Ploy: Close, but No Cigar
Description:	Our commentator shares the story of one kid's persistence and creativity in trying to get his hands on cigars at the local tobacco store. As an author, he wonders whether the trick might have been Pinkwater-inspired.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4520145

Date:	2005-02-26
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	'Stories for Your Dog,' a Lulu of a Read
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater and Scott Simon are joined by Daniel's cunning canine Lulu to discuss Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog. Lulu, an avid reader, helps narrate Sara Swan Miller's book for kids, charmingly illustrated by True Kelley.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4513343
Book link:	Three Stories You can Read to your Dog (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2005-03-22
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Dogs Learn to Play a Game of Skunk
Description:	We're not sure where animal rights activists stand on pets owning their own pets. But commentator Daniel Pinkwater sees only good in such a relationship.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4555812

Date:	2005-04-11
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Dogged by a Humane Law Enforcement Officer
Description:	After leaving his two dogs in the car on a 45-degree day with the sunroof open, our commentator finds himself being given surprisingly strident attention from his town's animal authorities.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4586264

Date:	2005-05-28
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	A Nose for Adventure in 'Mr. Blewitt'
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater and Scott Simon read from a new book for children called Mr. Blewitt's Nose. Written and illustrated by Alastair Taylor, the book follows the adventures of Primrose Pumpkin and her smelly dog Dirk as they try to find the owner of a lost schnozz.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4670854
Book link:	Mr. Blewitt's Nose (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2005-06-14
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	The Days of Military School
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater reminisces about his time at a military school in California.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4703290

Date:	2005-06-28
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Red-Letter Days of Lettering
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater remembers -- fondly -- an art class in grade school that gave him the skills of good lettering.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4721965

Date:	2005-07-06
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	'Jellybeans': A Deceptively Simple Kids' Tale
Description:	Scott Simon and children's author Daniel Pinkwater talk about a new book for young readers called Jellybeans, by Sylvia van Ommen.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4755056
Book link:	Jellybeans (Roaring Brook)

Date:	2005-11-19
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	A Baker's Ghost Returns -- and She's Not Happy
Description:	In Jacqueline Ogburn's tale, the ghost of a baker comes back to haunt her own shop until the new owners leave. Children's author Daniel Pinkwater talks about the book with NPR's Scott Simon.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5020211
Book link:	The Bake Shop Ghost (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2006-02-11
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Colorful Lessons in 'How to Be a Good Dog'
Description:	Sometimes it can be difficult to know how to behave, especially if you're a dog. How to Be a Good Dog, written and illustrated by Gail Page, offers some ideas -- from a cat, no less.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5198732
Book link:	How to be a Good Dog (Bloomsbury)

Date:	2006-05-18
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Riding In Your Own Checker Cab
Description:	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.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5415861

Date:	2006-06-07
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	A Job's Saving Graces: Milk Duds and Doughnuts
Description:	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.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5458434

Date:	2006-06-24
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	A Batty Beach Trip
Description:	Brian Lies imagines a different kind of trip to the beach in his picture book, Bats at the Beach: Instead of sunlight-enhanced activity, the coastal scene here is a nocturnal one. The required skincare involves moon-tan lotion; the snacks are 'bugmallows,' and the company is batty.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5507234
Book link:	Bats at the Beach (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2006-07-19
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	A Printmaker Gets an (Unlikely) New Fan
Description:	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.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5568639

Date:	2006-08-14
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Forget No-Sugar -- Gimme 'Sfogliatelle'
Description:	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!
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5646370

Date:	2006-08-19
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	The Cremation of Sam McGee
Description:	Robert Service's poem, 'The Cremation of Sam McGee,' tells the tale of two gold miners in the Yukon and one man's 'last request.' The poem, which was originally published in 1907, was later transformed into a children's book with colorful illustrations by Ted Harrison, in 1986. Now, a 20th-anniversary edition has been released by Kids Can Press, with new cover art and heavy paper stock.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5672398
Book link:	The Cremation of Sam McGee (Kids Can)

Date:	2006-10-07
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	'The Neddiad': A Hollywood Adventure for Kids
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater's new book for children, The Neddiad, won't be in bookstores until next April. But you can check it out -- or at least several chapters of it, so far -- right now. This past August, Pinkwater began revealing the book online; a new chapter is published at his Web site every Tuesday.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6205888
Book link:	The Neddiad (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2006-11-10
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Living With an Inability to Do Math
Description:	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.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6248503

Date:	2006-11-14
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Eating the Unknown: Best Meal Ever
Description:	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.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6487304

Date:	2006-11-29
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Falling Ill in Africa, and Loving It
Description:	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.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6556425

Date:	2006-12-16
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Books for Kids, for Every Winter Holiday
Description:	The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School by Judy Sierra and Stephen Gammel, tells a funny tale of near disaster. It's one of many books out there that may be just right for the young reader on your holiday list. Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition Saturday ambassador to the world of children's literature, joins Scott Simon to read the story.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6631429
Book link:	The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School (Simon and Schuster)

Date:	2007-01-03
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	My Life in the Cult: Miracle of the Water
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls his time in a cult. He asked God to let him know if his prayers were getting through. One night, Pinkwater found himself drawn to the basement. There he found a water pipe had burst. Then the miracle: the plumber came right away.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6718668

Date:	2007-03-10
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	It's Easy to Appreciate 'Mr. Pusskins'
Description:	Mr. Pusskins is a new book for children about appreciating what we have. It's written and illustrated by Sam Lloyd.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7819862
Book link:	Mr. Pusskins (Atheneum)

Date:	2007-03-12
Program/Website:	Just One More Book!!
Title:	Conversation with Daniel Pinkwater
Description:	Just One More Book! is a regular contributor to the online Children’s Literature Monthly Journal, The Edge of the Forest. This information-packed online resource includes book reviews, interviews, the latest news from the online children’s/YA literature community and much more. Our monthly audio segment is called Sounds from the Forest. This month, Mark speaks with author Daniel Pinkwater about promoting children’s books on NPR, spending six months in his “jammies” to write The Neddiad, using the web to build an audience for the book, and why he writes children’s books.
Listen:	http://www.justonemorebook.com/2007/03/12/conversation-with-daniel-pinkwater/
Book link:	The Neddiad (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2007-04-01
Program/Website:	KidsRead
Title:	Daniel Pinkwater pays homage to comic books, dogs, and the 'world's biggest fan'
Description:	Videos of DP and Jill at the 2007 BookExpo America Book & Author Breakfast.
Listen:	http://kidsread.tv/index.cfm?/041D0114080B581A0C0516470D0A58475844D0/index.htm

Date:	2007-04-10
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Saying the Right Thing, in 100 Words or Less
Description:	Anyone can put themselves in a situation where they do or say the wrong thing. But, says commentator Daniel Pinkwater, it's rare to find someone who has presented themselves exactly the right way. In his local newspaper, Pinkwater found what he calls "the most concise piece of writing" he has ever seen.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9505784

Date:	2007-05-24
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	You Call That Folk?
Description:	Whenever there is a revival of folk music, the music gets further from its roots — and gets closer to being ludicrous.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10397613

Date:	2007-06-19
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	From Hillbilly Highway to Gourmet Row
Description:	Sometimes life in your neighborhood can change for the better. Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has proof. The culinary landscape in his Hudson Valley town has suddenly been transformed, and he says it's almost impossible to believe.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11203450

Date:	2007-06-30
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	A Cat's Tale Hits Home in 'Nini, Here and There'
Description:	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.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11520309
Book link:	Nini, Here and There (Greenwillow)

Date:	2007-07-31
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	The Quest for a Same-Named Sandwich
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has long been on a quest to have a sandwich named after him. Whether or not he succeeds on his crusade is the point of this commentary.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12386529

Date:	2007-08-25
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	'Mary Smith' Wakes Up Village Sleepyheads
Description:	In the early 20th century, many of England's workers woke up to the soft tap, tap, tap from their town's "knocker-up."
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13879507
Book link:	Mary Smith (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Date:	2007-10-27
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	A Children's Classic 'Toots' Back to Bookshelves
Description:	Like The Little Engine That Could, the story of Little Toot is a tale of overcoming fear. Known as Little Toot for the small "toot, toot" sound emitted from his whistle, the tiny tugboat learns quickly that he must give up childish ways in order to win the respect of other boats. Soon Little Toot is on the high seas, rescuing an ocean liner during a storm. Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater preview the newly released version of the children's classic.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15606787
Book link:	Little Toot (Putnam)

Date:	2008-01-01
Program/Website:	ourwalkinthewoods.com
Title:	Our Walk in the Woods
Description:	Listen to an audio version of Our Walk in the Woods performed by Charity Nebbe in the role of Abby and Daniel Pinkwater as Kirby.
Listen:	http://ourwalkinthewoods.com/
Book link:	Our Walk in the Woods (Mitten)

Date:	2008-01-19
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Quirky Poetry Collection a Salute to Silly Stanzas
Description:	In Calef Brown's quirky world for children, mosquitoes wear tuxedoes, dogs sport plaid suits and thunder is a cafe staple. Brown, an acclaimed author and illustrator of four children's books, brings these images to life in his wacky new collection of poems and paintings, Flamingos on the Roof. He creates a carefree world in a variety of rhymed meters that are full of alliteration, frivolity and fun. Known for his eccentric poetry collections, including Polkabats and Octopus Slacks, Brown's imaginative humor shines through in 29 new notable poems.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18162731
Book link:	Flamingos on the roof : poems and paintings (Houghton Mifflin)

Date:	2008-04-11
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Best-Kept Online Secret: Cheap Eyeglasses
Description:	Commentator Daniel Pinkwater marvels at how he can get really well-made glasses online at a fraction of the cost of over-the-counter ones.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89576384

Date:	2008-05-30
Program/Website:	All Things Considered
Title:	Obama Tops Clinton, in a Manner of Speaking
Description:	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.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91007301

Date:	2008-06-07
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	An Illustrated Visit to a Bear's Lair
Description:	Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater preview A Visitor for Bear, and read it together, adding their own particular brand of humor.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91210635
Book link:	A Visitor for Bear (Candlewick)

Date:	2008-09-06
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	New Book Collects Copp Children Stories
Description:	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. The original recordings are also available from Playhouse Records.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94352775
Book link:	Jim Copp, will you tell me a story? (Harcourt)

Date:	2008-12-20
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Beloved Children's Book 'Thirteen Clocks' Is Back
Description:	James Thurber's decades-old, modern take on the standard fairy tale has just been reprinted. Weekend Edition's Daniel Pinkwater says if you like the The Princess Bride or Rocky and Bullwinkle's "Fractured Fairy Tales," you'll like this tale, too. Host Scott Simon speaks with Pinkwater, our ambassador to the world of children's literature, about the new edition of The Thirteen Clocks, published by the New York Review Children's Collection.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98558194
Book link:	The 13 clocks (New York Review of Books)

Date:	2009-01-17
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	A Story For All In Kids' Book About Lincoln
Description:	Abraham Lincoln is the subject of a whole new flood of biographies, studies and appreciations as we approach the 200th anniversary of his birth. There are also many books for children, including Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln by Judith St. George and illustrated by Matt Faulkner. Host Scott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about this story of President Lincoln's childhood.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99514938
Book link:	Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln (Philomel)

Date:	2009-02-21
Program/Website:	Car Talk
Title:	DP on CarTalk
Description:	A delighted Daniel Pinkwater calls in to CarTalk to tell the boys about his brand new discovery -- the perfect car! (from 2000)
Listen:	http://www.cartalk.com/ct/review/show.jsp?showid=200908

Date:	2009-05-30
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	A Story For All In Kids' Book About Lincoln
Description:	There's a new book out by Anthony Brown called Little Beauty — and boy, is it ever that. Actually, given the subject matter, it's a very large beauty! Host Scott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of children's literature Daniel Pinkwater about a new book for kids based on a real gorilla who won the hearts of Chicagoans for years.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104750997
Book link:	Little Beauty (Candlewick Press)

Date:	2009-09-12
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Andy Warhol's Home Is Kids' Book's Background
Description:	Scrambling around an eccentric uncle's tall, skinny row house would be a treat for any kid — all the more so if your uncle were Andy Warhol, and the house, his art studio. James Warhola is just that nephew, and in a new book, called Uncle Andy's Cats, Mr. Warhola writes of the fun he had visiting his Uncle Andy. Host Scott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about a new book for children called Uncle Andy's Cats.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112779118
Book link:	Uncle Andy's Cats (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

Date:	2009-12-12
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	Kids' Book Boasts The Best Words, Real Or Not
Description:	Every good book begins with good words. Ounce, Dice, Trice is a book for children that is full of words — magnificent, wonderful words like "frangipani," "dimity," "gloaming" and "nunnery." And don't forget "murdo," "drumjargon" and "chumly." Host Scott Simon speaks with Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater, about this new release of an old book.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121374131
Book link:	"Ounce, Dice, Trice" (New York Review)

Date:	2010-02-27
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	'The Bear That Wasn't' A Laugh-Aloud Read For Kids
Description:	Weekend Edition's ambassador to the world of kiddie literature, Daniel Pinkwater, reviews a classic book for children, The Bear That Wasn't by Frank Tashlin. Pinkwater and Host Scott Simon read from the book together and get a couple of good laughs. The Bear That Wasn't will be re-issued next month (MARCH 9th) by the New York Review of Books Children's Collection.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124148840
Book link:	"The Bear that Wasn't" (New York Review)

Date:	2010-08-14
Program/Website:	Weekend Edition Saturday
Title:	'Beautiful Yetta': A Yiddish Chicken With Chutzpah
Description:	Daniel Pinkwater's new children's book, Beautiful Yetta, isn't your average bedtime story. The story may seem traditional — a chicken escapes from the butcher's shop and finds a new home among parrots in Brooklyn — but the characters in the book don't just speak one language to each other. There's English, there's Spanish, and there's Yiddish, translated phonetically for those who can't read the Hebrew characters — all fleshing out an uplifting tale of acceptance in the urban jungle.
Listen:	http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129177224
Book link:	"Beautiful Yetta, the Yiddish Chicken" (Feiwel and Friends)