New York Times bestselling author visits Kingsport preschool

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — A New York Times Bestselling Children’s Book Author visited St. Dominic’s preschool in Kingsport on Monday.

Doreen Cronin, author of “Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type” and “Diary of a Spider,” has written more than 70 children’s books. She’s been writing for almost 30 years.

“I do a couple of books every year,” Cronin said. “Then when I’m lucky enough, I can hit the road and go out to schools and libraries and actually read with kids and talk to kids about reading, about writing, about the artwork in books, like how much is in there to look at, to get a story from and encourage them to tell their own stories.”

Cronin said any book a child responds to is a good children’s book.

“Any book that a child responds to is a good children’s book – any book. It could be a book that sits on a shelf for 12 years and one child comes along and is drawn to that book and that book stays with him or her. That’s a good children’s book.”

Cronin told News Channel 11 that she loves going out and talking to kids at schools. She said it’s an honor to be a part of someone’s reading journey.

“The honor of being a part of [somebody’s] reading, childhood reading and journey to become a reader is very difficult to describe. I get a lot of letters from kids, and then they start telling me their own stories. I wrote Click Clack Beep, or I wrote Click Clack Bark, and then they send you these stories. And that is more fulfilling than anything.”

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