(Mom Operating Manual) (Atheneum, 2011), ill. Thump, Quack, Moo: a whacky adventure (2008), ill.Dooby Dooby Moo ( Atheneum Books, S&S, 2006), ill.Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: a counting adventure (2006), ill.

Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: an alphabetical adventure (2005), ill.

Diary of a Worm ( Joanna Cotler Books, 2003), ill.

Giggle, Giggle, Quack (S&S, 2002), ill.

Click, Clack, Moo: cows that type (Simon & Schuster, 2000), illustrated by Betsy Lewin.

The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure Awards for Cronin's writingĬarnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video In 2016, Click, Clack, Peep! 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 Booklist (2015) and Bank Street College of Education (2016), where it received 'Oustanding Merit.' In 2015, The Chicken Squad was named one of the best books of the year by Bank Street College of Education. Nine of Cronin's books are Junior Library Guild 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). Illustrator Lewin was a runner-up for the annual Caldecott Medal.Ĭronin lives in Brooklyn as of 2018 with her two children.

She completed law school and the book at around the same time. Doreen Cronin (born 1966) is an American writer of children's books, including Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type, a very well-received picture book illustrated by Betsy Lewin.īorn in Queens, New York and growing up on Long Island, Cronin's first book was published by Simon & Schuster in 2000: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, a picture book that she wrote and Betsy Lewin illustrated.

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