The Always Entertaining Daniel Pinkwater

I was listening to NPR Weekend Edition Saturday recently, and Daniel Pinkwater was on discussing children’s literature with Scott Simon. For those of you not familiar with Mr. Pinkwater here is a description from his web site:

“Trying to adequately describe Daniel Pinkwater is a Sisyphean task, much akin to describing the shape of a four-dimensional hypercube, or an eggplant. In brief, he is the author and sometimes illustrator of over 80 (and growing) wildly popular books and is also regularly heard on National Public Radio's All Thing Considered and Weekend Edition Saturday, where he reviews exceptional kids' books with host Scott Simon. Said books usually go on to become best-selling classics.”

Anyhow, while listening to this very entertaining segment Mr. Pinkwater mentioned that the general public can access free audio versions of some of his books on his web site. It is a small number of books at present but apparently will continue to grow. Access the audio portion of his site here http://www.pinkwater.com/podcast/ and follow the arrow that leads to the free audio books. The audios are offered through a Creative Commons license—let’s hope more authors follow his lead.