Comments on: Daniel Pinkwater's Mrs Noodlekugel, a kids' story that's as silly and pleasurable as ice-cream

By: LinkMan

LinkMan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:17:00 +0000

Well then, what a great coincidence! I for one probably wouldn’t have paid attention to Cory’s review if I hadn’t enjoyed a few chuckles at your comments in the WSJ over the weekend. But now that I know you’re hilarious AND a boingboing reader AND (I just figured this out) the author of Beautiful Yetta (the most wonderfully weird of all PJ Library books)… I think I know one of the things my soon to be 5yo is getting for his birthday.

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:02:00 +0000

Wow, I remember John Robbins! He actually had two or three PBS shows through the years; the old-school, bare-bones-production PBS style shows I grew up on in the late 60s/early 70s.

Such a laid-back, friendly guy. He could have been Mr. Roger’s literary -minded southern cousin.

I discovered D. Manus Pinkwater when I was in high school, and working in a library. I read Wing Man right in the kid-section aisle, when I was supposed to be shelving books. (And without knowing it at the time, regularly I saw Mr. and Mrs. Pinkwater and their horses while riding the LIRR through Huntington.)

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:01:00 +0000

Does anyone else remember the John Robbins shows (Cover To Cover was one) that used to run on PBS? I’ve always thought that if I ever meet Mr. Robbins I’ve got to thank him for introducing me to Daniel Pinkwater’s books, particularly Lizard Music. And if I ever meet Mr. Pinkwater I’ve got to thank him for opening my very young mind to a delightfully weird world. Or maybe my mind was always open to it, but reading The Magic Moscow showed me where the door was.

By: Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:45:00 +0000

For the record, I wrote the review above on Feb 26 (at 10:24 Pacific, to be precise!), when I read the advance copy that Candlewick sent me. I actually thought it was rather uncharitable that many of the press outlets that interviewed Daniel about the pineapple thing failed to mention his upcoming book.

By: Daniel Pinkwater

Daniel Pinkwater — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:51:00 +0000

Of course it is a coincidence. Practically everything that happens, and certainly everything that happens to me, is a coincidence. As to a publisher rushing a book out, I have heard it said that can happen, but I have never seen it.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:14:00 +0000

Ice cream is silly?

By: LinkMan

LinkMan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:33:00 +0000

Is it a coincidence that this is coming out just days after the Pineapple/Hare standardized test question controversy? I mean, I highly doubt that Pinkwater or his publisher have the power to create such a brouhaha on their own. But I could see the publisher rushing the book out a bit quicker to capitalize on Pinkwater's prominent appearances in Friday's NYT, Saturday's Daily News and Saturday's WSJ, among many other publications.