#Daniel pinkwater

[neil-gaiman]

The book I'm reading, Crazy In Poughkeepsie, has a quote from you on the cover! Have you ever been to the real life Poughkeepsie? We've got a cool bridge.

I have. (In fact I tore my meniscus at the beginning of October running for a train in Poughkeepsie.)

[forthegothicheroine]

One of my favorite young adult novels as a child was called, appropriately, Young Adult Novel by Daniel Pinkwater. It was about a bunch of dorky boys who formed a club devoted to the art of Dada and did various surreal pranks in the name of Dada that mostly served to annoy the vice principal. Eventually, a boy who had been the focus of their stupid stunts lead the other students in pelting them with wet cereal. They talk about what has happened and decide that there is no moral, it is a Dada story.

We need more YA fiction like that.

[agblend13]

Deep in the Lookyloo Forest dwells the rarest of confections, a treat for the eyes and the senses. The strange... the wonderful... the night blooming... banana split. 🍌

A tiny slice of a major Wood Bot adventure! I was having a really nice time re-reading '4 Fantastic Novels' by Daniel Pinkwater, which I hadn't picked up since I was a kid. At the end of 'Borgel', on a small island on the outskirts of Hell, young Melvin and his dimension hopping uncle get to meet god... also known as The Great Popsicle, a being of pure goodness and light that is also literally a little orange popsicle dancing beautifully through the fields. It's so funny and charming and I was ready to paint Wood Bot observing The Great Popsicle itself, but ultimately decided it would be too small to make an impact here. It did however lead to the discovery of the night blooming banana split, which I would imagine carries a small piece of The Great Popsicle in its spirit.

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[valentinsylve]

Tagged by @bloodripelives, which of my 5 favorite characters do you like best? I'm leaving out fandom favorites for obvious reasons :)

[yekokataa]

the post about wayside school reminded me that i've been meaning to make a post about my other favorite absurdist children's author, daniel pinkwater. i recently revisited two of my favorite books of his, borgel and alan mendelsohn, the boy from mars, and they really held up. he has a number of audiobooks on his site that you can download completely free. his voice acting as borgel, a mysterious distant uncle from a never-named 'old country' (which might be somewhere in eastern europe, but might also be another planet) is particularly delightful.

playing kentucky route zero, of all things, was what made me want to re-read borgel. it's about a road trip through 'time, space, and the other' which looks like a long highway through dark nothingness, punctuated by stops at root beer stands owned by blob-shaped aliens, friendly diners, and a roadside attraction which is a replica of a giant popsicle. at some point there's a metaphor about an everything bagel that is highly reminiscent of everything everywhere all at once. (this book came out in 1990 by the way) our characters then embark on a quest to find the living, breathing, dancing giant popsicle. the popsicle is god. this is a 10/10 book and you should really go read it.

[theahole]

New listings in my used book store!

Worked really hard and put up 61 listings in my used book etsy. I already sold one, which will just about cover the fees. Here are some highlights:

Official published BtVS fanfic!

Plus lots more! You can find these here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/talesresold Please always read the description to know what you're buying. Thank you!

[doyouknowthisjewishcharacter]

Do you know this Jewish character?

[supersoulmotivation]

Episode 4: Why Autonomy Matters in the Workplace According to Daniel Pin...

[scattershotsilly]

cute author bio

[laselvadeleones]

La Selva de Leones, XXVIII. Bear in Love

El león patatín desempolva su pronunciación de Inglés para este libro “con dibujos y letra” que trata de un oso que se va encontrando zanahorias en una roca al lado de su cueva… Las zanahoras se las lleva un personaje misterioso, pero hasta aquí podemos contar. Edad? De 5 a 12 años. Y, ¿Cómo no? Le damos un 10. 🙂 Portada de Bear in Love de Daniel Pikwater e ilustrado por Will Hillenbrand

[etherdiver]

Not sure that this is real but like 30-40% sure it's a reference to the Daniel Pinkwater book Lizard Music whether it's a real album or not.

[outerspace-iiinnerspace]

m about halfway through rereading the afterlife diet and i have a lot of thoughts on it.

[chiropteracupola]

books for children with the message 'reading dumas is a thing Cool People do and you can become cooler by doing that' are very important to me

[theahole]

New stuff in the store!

I put more stuff in my used book store:

The songs from this single can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU7oQwzrZCQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64leNtVD2pk

You can buy these things and more here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/talesresold

[thatsbelievable]

Thanks, @vbartilucci ! Big fan of both, so this tracks. (In fact, one of the movies in the book is called The Hoboken Werewolf…)

CHOMP!

Frank the turtle takes a bite out of crime! Or a giant monster named Glaarg!

From The Monstrous Adventures of Mummy Man and Waffles, the new spooky humor middle-grade book written by me and illustrated by Robb Mommaerts. Kirkus Reviews calls Mummy Man “a popcorn bucket of a book!”

Writing is how I make a living, so if you’re inclined, you can get your own signed copy from Books of Wonder HERE. Or, you can choose a store HERE. You could even ask for it at your local library!

Thanks, Team Turtle!