Daniel Pinkwater
Author · 90 books
Daniel Manus Pinkwater is an author of mostly children's books and is an occasional commentator on National Public Radio. He attended Bard College. Well-known books include Lizard Music, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, Fat Men from Space, Borgel, and the picture book The Big Orange Splot. Pinkwater has also illustrated many of his books in the past, although for more recent works that task has passed to his wife Jill Pinkwater.
Series
Books

Mrs. Noodlekugel and Four Blind Mice
2013

Moosepire
1986

Picture of Morty and Ray, The
2003

Borgel
1990

Young Adult Novel
1982

It's Fine to Be Nine
2000

Mush, A Dog From Space
1995

Pickle Creature
1979

Wolf Christmas
1998

Fat Camp Commandos Go West
2002

At the Hotel Larry
1997

Sleepover Larry
2007

The Big Orange Splot
1977

Bad Bears and a Bunny
An Irving and Muktuk Story
2005

Bad Bears in the Big City
An Irving & Muktuk Story
2004

The Muffin Fiend
1986

Author's Day
1993

The Magic Moscow
1980

Fat Camp Commandos
2001

Irving and Muktuk
Two Bad Bears
2001

The Neddiad
How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization
2007

The Frankenbagel Monster
1986

Once Upon A Blue Moose
1993

Slaves of Spiegel
1982

Uncle Melvin
1989

Bear in Love
2012

Doodle Flute
1991

Roger's Umbrella
1982

Young Adults
1985

Looking for Bobowicz
2004

Big Bob And The Winter Holiday Potato (level 1)
1999

The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
1982

The Education of Robert Nifkin
1998

Yo-Yo Man
2007

The Afterlife Diet
1995

Fat Men from Space
1977

The Magic Goose
1996

Bongo Larry
1998

Beautiful Yetta's Hanukkah Kitten
2014

Young Larry
1997

Wizard Crystal
1973

Big Bob and the Thanksgiving Potato
1999

The Yggyssey
How Iggy Wondered What Happened to All the Ghosts, Found Out Where They Went, and Went There
2009

Wallpaper From Space
1996

Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl
2010

Jules, Penny & the Rooster
2025

Ice Cream Larry
1999

Wingman
1975

Mrs. Noodlekugel and Drooly the Bear
2015

The Wuggie Norple Story
1980

Bushman Lives!
2012

Big Bob and the Magic Valentine's Day Potato
2000

Attila the Pun
A Magic Moscow Story
1981

Blue Moose and Return of the Moose
1993

Aunt Lulu
1988

Magic Camera
1974

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
1977

Chicago Days/Hoboken Nights
1991

Hoboken Fish and Chicago Whistle
1999

Spaceburger
A Kevin Spoon and Mason Mintz Story
1993

Mush's Jazz Adventure
2002

Adventures of a Dwergish Girl
2020

Beautiful Yetta
The Yiddish Chicken
2010

Second-Grade Ape
1998

Devil in the Drain
1984

The Lunchroom of Doom
2000

Ned Feldman, Space Pirate
1994

Wempires
1991

Bad Bears Go Visiting
2007

The Worms of Kukumlima
1981

I Am the Dog
2009

The Werewolf Club Meets Oliver Twit
2002

The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror
1984

The Werewolf Club Meets Dorkula
2001

Vampires of Blinsh
2020

Bad Bear Detectives
An Irving and Muktuk Story
2006

Yobgorgle
Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario
1979

Crazy in Poughkeepsie
2022

Mrs. Noodlekugel
2012

Ducks!
1984

The Phantom of the Lunch Wagon
1992

The Artsy Smartsy Club
2005

The Magic Pretzel
2000

The Last Guru
1978

Rainy Morning
1999

Blue Moose
1975

Cone Kong (level 2)
2002

Bear and Bunny
2015

Bear's Picture
1972

Uncle Boris in the Yukon
2001