Mary E. Cronin
Publications
Trucks, Boots, and Bells: Firehouse Poems is a playful, action-packed poetry book celebrating the tools, tasks, and teamwork of a busy city firehouse, written by the daughter of a New York firefighter.
About Mary
Mary E. Cronin is the author of picture books Trucks, Boots, and Bells: Firehouse Poems (Holiday House, 2026) and Like a Mother Bear, a picture book biography of PFLAG founder Jeanne Manford (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, 2027). Like a Mother Bear received an Honorable Mention from the Boston Authors Club Discovery Award picture book contest in 2020.
An experienced educator, Mary’s poetry for young readers has been published innumerous anthologies, and she frequently presents poetry workshops in elementary schools in Massachusetts and New York. Mary’s poetry for adults has been featured in Radical Teacher, Rise Up Review, Provincetown Magazine, and The New York Times.