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.

Life

Born in Queens, New York and growing up on

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...

, 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 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

law school A law school (also known as a law centre or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction. Law degrees Argentina In Argentina, ...

and the book at around the same time. Illustrator Lewin was a runner-up for the annual Caldecott Medal. Cronin lives in Brooklyn with her two children.

Works

* ''

Click, Clack, Moo ''Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type'' is a 2000 children's book written by Doreen Cronin. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin, the Simon & Schuster book tells the story of Farmer Brown's cows, who find an old typewriter in the barn and proceed to write le ...

: 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 Harry Bliss (born March 9, 1964, in Rochester, New York) is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Bliss has illustrated many books, and produced hundreds of cartoons and 25 covers for ''The New Yorker''. Bliss has a syndicated single-panel com ...

* ''

Duck For President ''Duck for President'' is the title of a children's book written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Released in 2004 through Simon & Schuster, ''The New York Times'' Best Illustrated Book follows the further adventures of Farmer Bro ...

'' (S&S, 2004), ill. Lewin * ''

Diary of a Spider ''Diary of a Spider'' is a children's picture book published in the year 2005 as the sequel to '' Diary of a Worm'' ( WD). It is written by Doreen Cronin and it is illustrated by Harry Bliss. In 2006, Weston Woods Studio adapted this book to fil ...

'' (2005), ill. Bliss * '' Wiggle'' (2005), ill.

Scott Menchin Scott may refer to: Places Canada * Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec * Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380 * Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saskat ...

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

Click, Clack, Splish, Splash ''Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: A Counting Adventure'' is a children's picture book written by Doreen Cronin and is illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Released in 2006 by Atheneum Books, it is one of the sequels to '' Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type' ...

: a counting adventure'' (2006), ill. Lewin * ''

Dooby Dooby Moo ''Dooby Dooby Moo'' is a children's book written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Released in 2006 by Atheneum Books, it continues the story of Farmer Brown's animals from '' Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type'', who enter a tale ...

'' ( Atheneum Books, 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 Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay o ...

: —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""The trouble with chickens: a J.J. Tully mystery"
WorldCat. Retrieved 2014-04-27. * ''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

*
Interview by Booksense
* 1966 births Living people American children's writers American women children's writers Date of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{US-child-writer-stub