😁😁😁 SUPER cool to find MY BIG BOOK OF TEXAS featured in Penguin's email release today! 🤠 Out May 26 Pre-Order y'all's! tinyurl.com/5n6j8pwz

One must have the one’s pieces of flair.

📣Join me at TLA 2026! 🏁PET SHOP RACERS🏁 Author Signing Monday, March 30th 3:30pm-4:30pm  Disney Booth #1027 📚Graphic Novel Series 3 books • 96 pages Ages 5-9 • Grades K-3 Texas Library Association Annual Conference Houston • March 29-31 #TLA2026 #kidlit @txla_1902

Argento is ready for the storm in my souvenir serape and pachyderm chew toy! #pug

Hey, @bsky.app can we please get more options to share photos? How about at least 10? And the character count? It’s played out. I post less here because of these hoops you require us to jump through.

Each has its history. The story it told. A partner in making. Thinking. Creating. And so A home.

“Lasers in the trees” sounds simple—but wow. Bare winter branches glow magenta and blue, turning trees otherworldly. Prismatic light climbs stairs, splitting into cyan, magenta, and shadow. Art that teaches you how to see again. This is why we’re alive. 🌕✨LUMINATIONS @ the Wildflower Center

📘📕 I have two books on the Barnes and Noble pre-sale! 🎉Members Tuesday 12/30 through Thursday 1/1: 25% off all pre-orders for B&N members. Premium members also get an extra 10% off Add them to your shelf! linktr.ee/csjennings?u...

From me and the guys, a happy holiday and joy in the new year. May we find ourselves in abundant peace, but most of all, with our people. Those we love and who bring light into our lives. #kidlitart

I love a deckle edged book. This Bradbury biography is crisply written. Really enjoying it.

Holiday shopping surprise at Book People 🎁 PET SHOP RACERS on the holiday display—with signed copies! WHOA PANDA! is in stock too. “A propulsive animalian comedy series launch.” —Publishers Weekly Huge thanks to JP* for the rec + awesome art! 🚗🐹📚

Reading my books to children and their parents is one of the best things. Swipe through to read about the fun! Or check out the post on my blog: csjennings.com/blog/psr-rea...

Join us for celebration and book presentations! DECEMBER 6 Barnes & Noble Round Rock 2701 Parker Dr. Bldg A Suite 700, Round Rock, TX THREE AUTHOR EVENT* 11AM Lalena Pescadora NOON Julissa Mora 1PM C.S. Jennings *And whole HEAP of fun activities with NYOS Charter School!

In which, we sit on opposite sides of the room taking photos of our pets and text them to each other. This time, catching the same moments from the other’s perspective.

Sleepy Boi

Argento now moves his beds around, dragging them from room to room. Apparently, just ONE in my studio was enough. And then he blocked the door with it. 🤣

🎉 I am so excited to share the cover of my new book, MY BIG BOOK OF TEXAS!🎉 🤠 As a seventh-generation Texan, the pages within are my love letter to Texas. AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781116... #kidlit #Texas

Lap, occupied. This pillow will have to do. #pug

Dax, Sunday agenda

One of the best parts of making books is discovering the characters who live in the pages. open.substack.com/pub/csjennin...

Rural west Texas sunset with no sound but the soft chirp of crickets and the faraway hiss of cars on the highway. 10/10

pug by directional light

Stickers are too much fun. … I should go back and make stickers for ALL of my books! 😳🤯🤩

I was honored to talk kidlit shop on READING WITH YOUR KIDS. 🎉READINGWITHYOURKIDS.COM EPISODE: “Cuddly Pandas & Chaotic Chickens” DATE: Nov 18, 2025 🎧 LISTEN TO IT ON Spotify Goodpods iHeart Radio Apple Podcasts Amazon Music BONUS PHOTO: My sophisticated recording setup in my studio 😉 #kidlit

PET SHOP RACERS is featured in Book People’s Gift Guide?! 😮😁😊 Thank you, @bookpeople 🛍️📚local! #kidlit

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Argento rings in the season. Our little puppy is turning into a pug! (He’s six months old.)

Sir Zissou shall grant you audience, verily.

Wurstfest 2025 21st year (and a hat full of pins to prove it) of attending this Oktoberfest style event in New Braunfels. One of my happiest annual traditions. 😁 Prost!

nightstand :: nov. 13th

HER: I picked up some holiday decorations. Look what I got for the yard! ME: For the YARD? #AndOneForTheStudio

Sleepiest Thursday

The Northern Lights. A little less “northern” than normal. Lakeway, Texas

At the SCBWI booth at the Texas Book Festival this last Saturday. One photo out of a wonderful day spent with friends old and new, and makers and lovers of books. Here’s to the greatness of the kid lit community!

Tonight I’ve been down AI customer service rabbit holes with Amazon, Etsy, and Godaddy. Absolutely worthless. AI is worthless.

TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL WEEKEND ✒️📚I’m signing books at the Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators booth! 🌟EXCLUSIVE EVENT!🌟 🐼 WHOA PANDA! 🐼 🏁 PET SHOP RACERS 1&2 🏁 For sale ONLY at the signing, not in the festival book store. SATURDAY November 8th 10-10:50AM Booth 505 Tent 5 Off 10th Street

Argento has been in DEFCON 1 PUPPY MODE all morning. He wants to bring that chaos to the couch, but Lady Ivy Hazelnut will not grant him passage. She set her boundaries with him early. The only of our three cats he respects. He’s afraid of her. 💂The Feline Guard of House Nearburg-Jennings

Zissou, Klaus, Land Shark With appearances from The Creature from the Black Lagoon, (Tiny, yet still properly terrifying) Jason, Zoey, the Onceler, and The Lorax Halloween at Apache Shores is bananas awesome.

Mail from the OKC ZOO! HAUNT THE ZOO sweatshirt and tee?!*😁🎉 Thank you! I’ve had the honor of working the fabulous team there for almost a decade. I designed the ID and logos for their brilliant annual event. 🎃 Have a happy and safe Halloween! *Event staff attire

Book launch for PET SHOP RACERS. One of the best evenings of my life. #kidlit

A special day. I am thankful for so much. #kidlit

I finally upgraded to Pro and added my photo to my IMDB page. 🙃 Animation brought me to Austin. A new and wonder filled chapter in my life. I’ve been so fortunate to be a part of the vibrant community of film, publishing, gaming, fine art, and design creatives in this town. So thankful for them.

Throwback to one of my favorite spooky shadow boxes. Constructed for a Halloween group show I used to organize for other Austin art peeps at Amy’s Ice Cream. Constructed of paper, foam core, & rubber cement (& is in pieces now). Would love to start doing these hand painted in balsa. #spookyart

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UNITED STATES GP We were there for qualifying & sprint Saturday. DRIVE TO SURVIVE (Netflix) introduced me to F1. I’m a fan (of Ferrari, specifically, but admire most teams & drivers). Hot October day (par for the course in Austin). But a wonder filled day all around.

Zissou & lamp