All that’s great about the Lone Star State!
(including DINOSAURS!)
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From ABCs to zoology, this new children’s book explores Texas
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REVIEWS
“Artfully slipping in educational bits including counting and color exercises and a complete Texas-themed alphabet—“A is for…Armadillo astronaut above the Alamo!”—he packs pages with Texan livestock, wildlife, and prehistoric ‘critters.'”
~ Kirkus (full review)
“Childhood is full of firsts. For instance, this picture book could just be a kiddo’s first introduction to the term “hootenanny.” My Big Book of Texas – from Austin-based children’s book author and illustrator C.S. Jennings, himself a seventh-generation Texan – offers a fun primer to the state’s richly diverse landscape and people, filtering the ABCs, animals, colors, and shapes through a distinctly Texan lens. To wit: “N is for newt in a neckerchief noshes nachos at NASA.” That’s a sentence that makes sense only in the wild and wonderful hootenanny that is Texas.”
~ The Austin Chronicle
Take a picture book tour of the Lone Star State! Perfect for fans of Richard Scarry and Miroslav Šašek’s classic This Is… books.
A love letter to the state from its 7th generation Texan author—the pages chock-full of the state’s landscapes, culture, wildlife, and prehistoric past while weaving in early learning concepts like the alphabet, counting, and opposites.
Young readers will discover the shapes, colors, and textures of Texas, meet notable Texans, and explore the many sights and experiences that make this big, bold state so great!
Tinker: An Imprint of Penguin Workshop
May 26, 2026
Picture Book
4 – 8 years; Preschool – 3
48 pages
ISBN-13 : 979-8217050666
English
