Doreen Cronin (born 1966) is an American writer of

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s, including ''Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type'', a very well-received

picture book A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The ima ...

illustrated by Betsy Lewin.

Life

Cronin was born in

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, New York City, and grew up on

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. Cronin's first book was published by

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in 2000: '' Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type'', a picture book that she wrote and

Betsy Lewin Betsy Reilly Lewin (born May 12, 1937) is an American illustrator from Clearfield, Pennsylvania. She studied illustration at Pratt Institute. After graduation, she began designing greeting cards. She began writing and illustrating stories for c ...

illustrated. She completed

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and the book at around the same time. Illustrator Lewin was a runner-up for the annual

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. Cronin lives in

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with her two children.

Awards and honors

Nine of Cronin's books are

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selections: '' Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type'' (2000), ''Diary of a Worm'' (2004), '' Diary of a Spider'' (2005), ''Diary of a Fly'' (2007), ''Smick''! (2015), ''Click, Clack, Quack to School'' (2018), ''Click, Clack, Peep!'' (2019), ''Click, Clack, Surprise!'' (2019), and ''Click, Clack Rainy Day'' (2022). In 2015, ''The Chicken Squad'' was named one of the best books of the year by Bank Street College of Education. ''Smick'' was named one of the best picture books of the year by ''

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'' (2015) and

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(2016), where it received "Outstanding Merit." In 2016, ''Click, Clack, Peep!'' was named one of the best books of the year by Bank Street College of Education.

Publications

* '' Click, Clack, Moo: cows that type'' (Simon & Schuster, 2000), illustrated by

* '' Giggle, Giggle, Quack'' (S&S, 2002), ill. Lewin * ''Diary of a Worm'' ( Joanna Cotler Books, 2003), ill. Harry Bliss * '' Duck For President'' (S&S, 2004), ill. Lewin * '' Diary of a Spider'' (2005), ill. Bliss * '' Wiggle'' (2005), ill. Scott Menchin * ''Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: an alphabetical adventure'' (2005), ill. Lewin * '' Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: a counting adventure'' (2006), ill. Lewin * '' Dooby Dooby Moo'' (

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, S&S, 2006), ill. Lewin – sequel to ''Click, Clack, Moo'' * ''Bounce'' (2007), ill. Menchin * ''Diary of a Fly'' (2007), ill. Bliss * ''Thump, Quack, Moo: a whacky adventure'' (2008), ill. Lewin * ''Busy Day at the Farm'' (2009), ill. Lewin * ''Stretch'' (2009), ill. Menchin * ''Rescue Bunnies'' (2010), ill. Menchin * ''M.O.M. (Mom Operating Manual)'' (Atheneum, 2011), ill. Laura Cornell : —54 pages; ages 4–8; "A guide to the care and maintenance of mothers, who are, according to the manual, "the most advanced human models on the planet." * ''Trouble with Chickens: a J.J. Tully mystery'' ( Balzer & Bray, 2011), ill. Kevin Cornell : —119 pages; interest level ages 8–12; mystery featuring "a hard-bitten former search-and-rescue dog" * ''Legend of Diamond Lil: a J.J. Tully mystery'' (2012), ill. K. Cornell * ''Click, clack, boo!: a tricky treat'' (2013), ill. Lewin * ''Boom, Snot, Twitty'' (Penguin Group, 2014), ill. Renata Liwska * ''Nat the Gnat'' (2014), ill. Bliss * ''Chicken Squad Case #1: Full House'' (Atheneum, 2014), ill. K. Cornell * ''Click, Clack, Peep'' (2015), ill. Lewin * ''Cyclone'' (2017)

References

External links

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Interview by Booksense
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cronin, Doreen 1966 births Living people 21st-century American women American children's writers American women children's writers Date of birth missing (living people)