The Trouble with Chickens
A J.J. Tully Mystery
By Doreen Cronin; Kevin Cornell (Illustrator)
(Balzer + Bray, Paperback, 9780061215346, 144pp.)
Publication Date: January 2012
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover
Categories: Animals - Dogs, Humorous Stories, Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Spring 2011 Kids' Next ListJ.J. Tully is a former search-and-rescue dog who is trying to enjoy his retirement after years of performing daring missions saving lives. So he’s not terribly impressed when two chicks named Dirt and Sugar (who look like popcorn on legs) and their chicken mom show up demanding his help to find their missing siblings. Driven by the promise of a cheeseburger, J.J. begins to track down clues. Is Vince the Funnel hiding something? Are there dark forces at work—or is J.J. not smelling the evidence that’s right in front of him?
Doreen Cronin is the New York Times bestselling author of picture books such as Rescue Bunnies, the Diary of . . . series, and Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, a Caldecott Honor Book. She also wrote The Trouble with Chickens, the first book in the J.J. Tully Mystery series. When she was growing up, Doreen’s dogs were Archie and Trapper (after two of her favorite television characters). She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
“Cronin brings her droll humor to the chapter book set with great success. Fast-paced and funny, with interesting vocabulary and a well-constructed plot, this is terrific fare for readers who are ready to move beyond picture books, but are intimidated by longer works.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“The noirlike detective Tully and the funny chickens running around, well, like chickensmake appealing characters, especially as drawn by Cornell, who knows how to get TV cartoon–stylehumor out of the action.”
-Booklist
Praise for Doreen Cronin’s DIARY OF A FLY:“Irresistible and undeniably super.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Praise for Doreen Cronin’s DIARY OF A FLY: “Teeming with funny vignettes.”
-New York Times
Praise for Doreen Cronin’s DIARY OF A FLY: “Will have kids laughing out loud.”
-School Library Journal (starred review)
Praise for Doreen Cronin’s DIARY OF A FLY: “Like its predecessors, this diary is a crowd-pleaser.”
-ALA Booklist
Praise for Doreen Cronin’s DIARY OF A FLY: “Impeccable comedic timing.”
-Horn Book Magazine
Praise for Doreen Cronin’s DIARY OF A SPIDER: “Once again, brilliantly hilarious.”
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Praise for Doreen Cronin’s DIARY OF A SPIDER: “A rib-tickling sequel.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Praise for Doreen Cronin’s DIARY OF A SPIDER: “Hits squarely on the middle-grade funnybone.”
-Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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