Daniel Pinkwater is so obviously the funniest writer of children's books that he should be made a Living National Treasure.
- The Washington Post Book World Four funny and imaginative tales by the acclaimed storyteller include the return of Pinkwater's classic, Wingman, as well as The Magic Goose, The Muffin Fiend, and Fat Men From Space - all collected for the very first time. AGES: 8 to 14 AUTHOR: Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York's Hudson River Valley. Pinkwater has written about 100 books, many of them good. Among his best-known books are Lizard Music (an ALA Notable Book), The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, Fat Men from Space, Borgel, and the picture book The Big Orange Splot.
