A collection of crabs, “tired of books about cute penguins, proud tigers, colorful butterflies, and other favorite animals,” help to narrate this quirky ABC book. Leonard illustrates in ...

Author Jerry Pallotta takes questions from students on stage after a presentation in a celebration of Scholastic’s new United States of Readers program at Undermountain Elementary School in Sheffield.

Scituate children’s author Jerry Pallotta finds inspiration in Peggotty Beach By Robert Knox Globe Correspondent,Updated January 20, 2022, 5:52 p.m.

Jerry Pallotta. Charlesbridge Publishing, $7.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-57091-552-9 Beetle-mania runs wild in Jerry Pallotta's latest nature ABC, The Beetle Alphabet Book, illus. by David Biedrzycki.