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Big Orange Splot |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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Card catalog description
When a seagull drops a can of orange paint on his neat house, Mr. Plumbean gets an idea that affects his entire neighborhood.
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The Artsy Smartsy Club |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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0060535571 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6–When Nick, Loretta Fischetti, Bruno Ugg, and Henrietta–Nick's 6-foot-tall, 266-pound chicken–go looking for excitement, they trip over some fascinating and mysterious sidewalk art. Thus begins the makings for adventure ending the kids' boring stretch of summer vacation in Hoboken, NJ. When decorated pavement reproductions of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" turn up, then give way to chalk portraits of Henrietta, the four companions go in search of the sidewalk screever, Lucy Casserole, who awakens their wellspring of collective talents. Then, it's off to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art with Henrietta, disguised as a nun, as the responsible adult. This clever book has just the right ingredients to make it a hit with kids: fanciful fiction plunked into the middle of madcap... |
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Meet Daniel Pinkwater |
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Alice B. McGinty |
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Flat Stanley Audio Collection |
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Jeff Brown |
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Audio Cassette - Unabridged |
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0060527668 |
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Book Review
Poor Stanley. He's a perfectly normal boy until one morning he wakes up flat. After his parents peel the incriminating bulletin board off of him, Stanley must adjust to life as a pancake. He is a boy who takes this kind of thing in stride, though, and soon he's enjoying the advantages of squashedness. Sliding under closed doors is fun, and it's gratifying to be of use to his mother when she drops her ring through a narrow metal grating. Expensive plane fare to California? No problem. Svelte Stanley folds comfortably into a brown paper envelope. There's even room left over in there for an egg-salad sandwich. But Stanley's true moment of glory comes when a gang of thieves begins stealing paintings from the Famous Museum of Art. The case seems hopeless--until our two-dimensional hero saves the day. Here is one boy who doesn't... |
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The Picture of Morty & Ray |
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Daniel Pinkwater |
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Looking for Bobowicz |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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0060535547 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8–When his parents move to Hoboken, NJ, and his bike is stolen the first hour he's there, clever and resourceful middle-grader Ivan Itch goes looking for the thief, and in the process meets quirky adults and solves some mysteries. He becomes friends with neighborhood kids Bruno Ugg and Loretta Fischetti, and they attend the town's Bat Hat Festival, where a tall, phantomlike figure appears. He pedals away on Ivan's "light blue bike with pink hearts and flowers painted on the frame." Then the children's Classics Comics books are missing. Surprises and plot twists pepper the story as the youngsters set out to discover just what is going on. The adults evade their logical questions about a mysterious, oversized chicken and the young detectives seek help from the librarian, Starr Lackawanna, "a... |
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Lizard Music |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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Card catalog description
When left to take care of himself, a young boy becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little known invasion from outer space.
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Looking for Bobowicz |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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Hardcover |
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0060535555 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8–When his parents move to Hoboken, NJ, and his bike is stolen the first hour he's there, clever and resourceful middle-grader Ivan Itch goes looking for the thief, and in the process meets quirky adults and solves some mysteries. He becomes friends with neighborhood kids Bruno Ugg and Loretta Fischetti, and they attend the town's Bat Hat Festival, where a tall, phantomlike figure appears. He pedals away on Ivan's "light blue bike with pink hearts and flowers painted on the frame." Then the children's Classics Comics books are missing. Surprises and plot twists pepper the story as the youngsters set out to discover just what is going on. The adults evade their logical questions about a mysterious, oversized chicken and the young detectives seek help from the librarian, Starr Lackawanna, "a... |
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Hoboken Chicken Emergency |
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Daniel Pinkwater |
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0689828896 |
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From AudioFile
When young Arthur Bobowicz brings home a 266-pound live chicken instead of a turkey for Thanksgiving, listeners know they're in for a hilarious tale. Arthur names his new pet Henrietta and teaches her tricks using oatmeal cookies. When Henrietta runs away, Hoboken will never be the same. Pinkwater's radio background serves him well in his delivery of a contemporary children's story. His narration convinces listeners that it's perfectly reasonable to have a 266-pound pet chicken. Pinkwater throws out jokes without missing a beat or losing the listener. The only disappointing thing about this audiobook is that it ends too soon. J.M.S. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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4: Fantastic Novels |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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Whether you know Daniel Pinkwater as a children's book author (and you should, he's written over 40 fabulous books) or as a National Public Radio commentator, you must agree that he is a very, very funny guy. Though his books are perfectly nonsensical and absurd in all the best ways, they leave you feeling strangely serene about the universe. Whether his books introduce us to muffin-eating polar bears (Larry), really old time-traveling men (Uncle Borgel), or 266-pound chickens (Henrietta from The Hoboken Chicken Emergency), they each reflect a polite world where people (and other species) basically respect each other--warts, multiple heads, foul smells (we're thinking of the Bloboform), and all. As luck would have it, four of Pinkwater's previously published novels are now combined in one delicious and aptly named... |
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The Artsy Smartsy Club |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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006053558X |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6–When Nick, Loretta Fischetti, Bruno Ugg, and Henrietta–Nick's 6-foot-tall, 266-pound chicken–go looking for excitement, they trip over some fascinating and mysterious sidewalk art. Thus begins the makings for adventure ending the kids' boring stretch of summer vacation in Hoboken, NJ. When decorated pavement reproductions of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" turn up, then give way to chalk portraits of Henrietta, the four companions go in search of the sidewalk screever, Lucy Casserole, who awakens their wellspring of collective talents. Then, it's off to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art with Henrietta, disguised as a nun, as the responsible adult. This clever book has just the right ingredients to make it a hit with kids: fanciful fiction plunked into the middle of madcap... |
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The Hoboken Chicken Emergency CD |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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Audio Compact Disc - Unabridged |
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0060722843 |
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From AudioFile
When young Arthur Bobowicz brings home a 266-pound live chicken instead of a turkey for Thanksgiving, listeners know they're in for a hilarious tale. Arthur names his new pet Henrietta and teaches her tricks using oatmeal cookies. When Henrietta runs away, Hoboken will never be the same. Pinkwater's radio background serves him well in his delivery of a contemporary children's story. His narration convinces listeners that it's perfectly reasonable to have a 266-pound pet chicken. Pinkwater throws out jokes without missing a beat or losing the listener. The only disappointing thing about this audiobook is that it ends too soon. J.M.S. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Looking for Bobowicz: A Hoboken Chicken Story |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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0060535563 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8–When his parents move to Hoboken, NJ, and his bike is stolen the first hour he's there, clever and resourceful middle-grader Ivan Itch goes looking for the thief, and in the process meets quirky adults and solves some mysteries. He becomes friends with neighborhood kids Bruno Ugg and Loretta Fischetti, and they attend the town's Bat Hat Festival, where a tall, phantomlike figure appears. He pedals away on Ivan's "light blue bike with pink hearts and flowers painted on the frame." Then the children's Classics Comics books are missing. Surprises and plot twists pepper the story as the youngsters set out to discover just what is going on. The adults evade their logical questions about a mysterious, oversized chicken and the young detectives seek help from the librarian, Starr Lackawanna, "a... |
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Looking for Bobowicz CD |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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Audio Compact Disc - Unabridged |
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006072286X |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8–When his parents move to Hoboken, NJ, and his bike is stolen the first hour he's there, clever and resourceful middle-grader Ivan Itch goes looking for the thief, and in the process meets quirky adults and solves some mysteries. He becomes friends with neighborhood kids Bruno Ugg and Loretta Fischetti, and they attend the town's Bat Hat Festival, where a tall, phantomlike figure appears. He pedals away on Ivan's "light blue bike with pink hearts and flowers painted on the frame." Then the children's Classics Comics books are missing. Surprises and plot twists pepper the story as the youngsters set out to discover just what is going on. The adults evade their logical questions about a mysterious, oversized chicken and the young detectives seek help from the librarian, Starr Lackawanna, "a... |
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5 Novels: Alan Mendelsohn: The Boy From Mars: Slaves of Spiegel: The Last Guru: The Snarkout Boys: The Avocado of Death |
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Daniel Pinkwater |
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There are many words that could be used to describe Daniel Pinkwater's books. Wacky comes to mind. Outrageous. Lively. Real. Unreal. Comic genius Jules Feiffer, in his foreword to 5 Novels, says, "Pinkwater's thoughts don't connect like yours or mine. His 'tab A' does not fit into 'slot A' the way it's supposed to in a well-thought-out thought. More likely, his 'tab A' will fit into 'slot 14' or 'slot X79,' the kind of fit that might drive you or me crazy if we tried it, but when Pinkwater does it, you read it and say to yourself, 'Why, of course, this is how it should be.'" Performing chickens, a New Jersey Martian, an orangutan orchestra conductor from Ceylon ... the details are what jump out of his novels. The ice cream dish in Slaves of Spiegel, for example, consisting of an eggplant, two slabs of... |
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Uncle Boris in the Yukon: and Other Shaggy Dog Stories |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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From Publishers Weekly
inkwater, author of children's books (The Hoboken Chicken Emergency; Lizard Music) and a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered, delivers a witty rumination on his experiences with dogs. Uncle Boris, one of the many colorful and dysfunctional adults of Pinkwater's childhood, gave his parents a Pekingese named Bobby shortly before the author's birth. Uncle Boris made a living selling fake purebreds and assured Pinkwater's father that "a dog lik dis is all deh rage in deh best parts of Brooklyn." Bobby's sole redeeming feature was that he appointed himself the new baby's guardian, thus protecting Pinkwater from his "precivilized" parents. Also featured here are other family pets, such as the asthmatic terrier Bootsie and Pedro the psychotic parrot. After Pinkwater married, he and his wife Jill (who has... |
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Flat Stanley Audio Collection CD |
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Jeff Brown |
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Audio Compact Disc - Unabridged |
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0060897872 |
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At the Hotel Larry |
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Daniel Pinkwater |
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 3. The eccentric brilliance of the Pinkwaters shines brightly in this pair of books featuring Larry the polar bear. Young Larry and his brother Roy are a couple of regular cubs, with an absent father of whom they are nonetheless proud ("He found a dead whale one time, and ate the whole thing himself") and a typical polar bear mother ("One day, I will give you a hit in the head myself...and send you off to take care of yourselves"). When that day finally comes, Larry discovers that being a grown-up bear is downright boring. He curls up on the ice for a nap in Baffin Bay and wakes up in Bayonne, New Jersey. His taste for muffins leads him to a job as a lifeguard, and his rescue of a Mr. Martin Frobisher leads him to the sequel, At the Hotel Larry. There he resumes his lifeguarding career and... |
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The Picture of Morty & Ray |
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater |
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0066237866 |
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Grade 2-5-Inspired by watching The Picture of Dorian Gray on TV, Morty and Ray paint a magical picture of their own. Then the boys eagerly misbehave to see if their painting changes. Sure enough, as they clog toilets, push little kids, and stick "our butts out the window" of the school bus, the picture gets uglier. Then they get tired of it, give it to a friend, and go off to drink pickle juice. The two friends are sort of a junior version of Beavis and Butthead. They take true pleasure in gross and disgusting things, which comes through in the pleasingly grotesque, cartoon illustrations; heavily detailed and busy, the art is in full color, with movie scenes in shades of gray. Morty's narration captures the simple idiocy of the two boys: "`Neat!' Ray shouted. `It is a neat movie!' `Did you see what a neat... |
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