Doreen Cronin

Saturday, May 18 Greenlight celebrates Children’s Book Week! 15% off all children’s books all day! Illustrator “Art Battles” at 11 AM and 3 PM Featuring children’s author/illustrators Selina Alko, Sophie Blackall, Melissa Guion, Melissa Iwai, Betsy Lewin, George O’Connor, Sergio Ruzzier, and Paul O. Zelinsky

Greenlight Bookstore is proud to participate in the nearly 100-year-old tradition of Children’s Book Week, May 13-19, with a celebration of the children’s authors and illustrators of Brooklyn. For our day-long Children’s Book Week Party on Saturday 18, Greenlight will offer 15% off on all children’s books all day long. To highlight the talents of many great children’s book illustrators, the store will host two rounds of Artist Battles, at 11 AM and 3 PM. Artists will take turns creating drawings of subjects determined by the audience of kids, showing off their different styles – the audience can pick their favorites! Afterward all illustrators will be available to sign books and chat with young readers. Greenlight will also offer bookmarks, stickers, and other book-related giveaways to partygoers.

11 AM Illustrator Art Battles: Sophie Blackall (Ivy and Bean series, The Mighty Lalouche) Melissa Guion (Baby penguins everywhere) Melissa Iwai (Hush, Little Monster) Sergio Ruzzier (Bear and Bee)

3 PM Illustrator Art Battles: Selina Alko (B Is for Brooklyn) George O’Connor (The Olympians series) Betsy Lewin (Click Clack Moo, The Itty Bitty Bakery) Paul O. Zelinsky (Z Is for Moose)

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Lazy Daisy, Cranky Frankie by Mary Ellen Jordan, Andrew Weldon (Illustrator)
CLICK, CLACK, MOO by Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin

Storytime It's an Old MacDonald's kind of day as we read CLICK, CLACK, MOO Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, and Lazy Daisy, Cranky Frankie by Mary Ellen Jordan and Andrew Weldon. Storytime will also include a themed activity. (added from Barnes & Noble)… (more)

Join us for a fun hour of book discussion, crafting, and games! In conjunction with Main Street Theater’s Theater for Youth, Blue Willow Bookshop has created a great way to enhance and enjoy the theater going experience this season. For each play, we will host a book club style discussion of the author's works. You and your children will understand the book and enjoy the adaptation when you attend the play.

This month’s play will be Duck for President. For more information about the Theater For Youth season in 2011-2012, click here.

This is open to the public and is one hour in length.

Location: Street: 14532 Memorial Dr City: Houston, Province: Texas Postal Code: 77079 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

CLICK, CLACK, MOO. CLICK, CLACK, MOO. Do you hear that? It sounds like the cows have taken over our storytime plans again! That probably means they're going to make us read Click Clack Moo and all kinds of other stories about life on the farm. Cows can be a tad self-absorbed, but they do know how to have a good time. So you probably want to come on down and join us for some good old-fashioned farm fun this morning at 10:30 AM.

Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a Mom. This means you have someone to make you sandwiches, someone to drive you to soccer practice, and someone who is able to hold your snotty, used tissues in her own pocket without gagging. A well-functioning mom is essential to domestic harmony and general wellbeing. Yet despite their status as the most advanced humans on the planet, moms do need some daily care and maintenance to keep them running smoothly. M.O.M (Mom Operating Manual) (Atheneum Books, $16.99) by Doreen Cronin explains everything. Mom requirements include, but are not limited to: light watering, the crust of peanut butter sandwiches, and some peace and quiet every now and then for crying out loud. Take care of Mom…and she’ll take care of you.

Location: Street: 265 Aragon Ave City: Coral Gables, Province: Florida Postal Code: 33134-5008 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Do you own a mom? If so, congratulations! This means you have someone to make you sandwiches, someone to drive you to soccer practice, and someone who is able to hold your snotty, used tissues in her own pocket without gagging. A well-functioning mom is essential to domestic harmony and general wellbeing. Yet despite their status as the most advanced humans on the planet, moms do need some daily care and maintenance to keep them running smoothly. M.O.M (Mom Operating Manual) (Atheneum Books, $16.99) by Doreen Cronin explains everything. Mom requirements include, but are not limited to: light watering, the crust of peanut butter sandwiches, and some peace and quiet every now and then for crying out loud. Take care of Mom…and she’ll take care of you.

Location: Street: 9700 Collins Ave City: bal Harbour , Province: Florida Postal Code: 33154 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Doreen Cronin discusses The Trouble with Chickens.

We've always loved her books, but when Doreen was here for the Decatur Book Festival a couple of years ago, we all found out that we really love her as well. She has a new young reader chapter book coming out in March that we're excited about, The Trouble with Chickens, a mystery starring retired rescue dog J.J. Tully. Fans of her picture books (like Duck for President, Diary of a Spider, and Click Clack Moo) will love this one, too! (jasbro)… (more)