The sentences are short and simple for easy reading. Worm puts this gnat into the pet's tank and confesses to the class what happened. Spider helps him to capture another gnat. When it is worm's turn to take care of Nat, he opens the tank and loses Nat. In this book, Worm's class has a pet-Nat the gnat. I love that they took great characters and turned them into something interesting for early readers. This book is a spin off based on that book. They are the creators of the original Diary of a Worm picture book. She currently resides in New York with her husband and dog “Ruffie.”įirst, this book is NOT written by Doreen Cronin nor illustrated by Harry Bliss. 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.

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