the trouble with chickens by doreen cronin

I called them Dirt and Sugar, for no particular reason.' Tully, a retired rescue dog, meets Millicent 'Moosh,' a chicken who enlists his services, he meets her chicks. Consequently, unless this work is read aloud to children by a reader willing to commit to her best Humphrey Bogart impersonation, I suspect it will be lost on its intended audience. In tone and language, this book wants to parody Raymond Chandler's 'private dick on a case.' However, I suspect that few children of Primary age are familiar with 'The Long Goodbye,' or other livres noirs. Tully Mystery,' like some of Cronin's other work, suffers from confusion of audience. It seemed a perfect match, but this title, 'The Trouble With Chickens: A J.J. I got this book from the library because I thought it might appeal to some of the Primaries, newly hatched readers who are now studying things that hatch.

She currently resides in New York with her husband and dog “Ruffie.” She graduated from Pennsylvannia State University and St. Who knew that the underground dwellings and activities of worms could be so funny? Readers may even find that worm’s life is much the same as theirs except worm eats his homework and his head looks a whole lot like his rear!ĭoreen was born in Queens and grew up in Long Island. In Doreen’s latest book, Diary of a Worm, she explores the daily life of a lovable worm. She then teamed up once again with illustrator Betsy Lewin to write another hilarious barnyard tale, Giggle, Giggle, Quack, that continues the escapades of these lovable animals on a farm. The busy life of a writer left no room for courtroom litigation and arbitration so Doreen made the leap to being a full-time children’s book author. Five years after submitting the original manuscript she got a call from a publisher who wanted to turn her story into a book and the rest is history! In fact, she had written this barnyard tale even before attending law school but only received rejection letters from publishers. But her book was not published overnight.

Doreen Cronin was a practicing attorney in Manhattan when her first book Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type became a publishing success.

The trouble with chickens by doreen cronin