Presents a critical look at the use of humor in the canon of young adult literature and discusses how humor can be employed to address adolescent issues with grace and wit.
Daniel Pinkwater's heroic struggles in the name of YA literature
Hogan, Walter
2001
A study of author/illustrator Daniel Pinkwater, looking at his body of work, with a focus on his young adult fiction, and including quotations and observations from Pinkwater.