San Antonio Book Festival - C.S. Jennings
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C.S. Jennings

C. S. Jennings is the illustrator of over two dozen books for kids. He’s made books with Penguin Random House, Disney Hyperion, Scholastic, and Houghton Mifflin, among others.

He’s the author/illustrator of Disney Publishing’s Pet Shop Racers, a three-volume graphic novel series; the empathy-focused picture book Whoa Panda!; and he has more books on the way! Notably, he illustrated the Texas Library Association Bluebonnet 2020–2021 Master List book From an Idea to Disney: How Imagination Built a World of Magic.

As an animator and assistant animation director, he worked on two feature films and two seasons of a television show.

C.S.’s mission as an author is that of humor, heart, and healing—crafting each story with kernels of hope and laughter. A Texas native, he makes his home in Austin with three curious cats and an unruly pug named Argento.

More About C.S. Jennings

  • Pet Shop Racers

    Ham and Shelby meet in the pet shop and become fast friends. But who is the fastest? Who will become the greatest racer in the world?

    Only one can be the best. So as they race again and again, with better and better cars, Ham is determined to cross the finish line first every time.

    But when disaster strikes, Ham will have to learn that some things—like friendship—are even more important than winning.

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