Pet Shop Racers: The Fast and the Furriest - by C S Jennings (Hardcover)

About the Book

Ham Hamster is obsessed with being the greatest racer in the pet shop, but his focus with being first threatens to get in the way of his friedship with Shelby Ferret.

Book Synopsis

Book two in the action-packed, hilarious graphic novel series that's Narwhal and Jelly meets The Mouse and the Motorcycle, perfect for early and reluctant readers ages 5-9.

Shelby and Ham are the world's best racing team--until Ham teams up with somebody else. Can Shelby go back to driving solo?

Shelby and Ham are the greatest team in pet shop racing history, well on their way to becoming the greatest racers in the world!

But when Ham's long-lost sister returns to the pet shop and Ham wants to race with her instead, Shelby is suddenly a third--er, fifth--wheel. Will the pet shop pals' friendship survive?

Review Quotes

"A propulsive animalian comedy series launch." --Publisher's Weekly on Pet Shop Racers

About the Author

C.S. Jennings is the illustrator of over two dozen books for kids; working with publishers such as Penguin Books for Young Readers, Scholastic, Clarion, and Union Square Kids. His specialties are character design, middle grade, and humor in storytelling. He's the author of Animal Band; Hello, Texas!; and Too Close Panda, and he illustrated the Texas Library Association's Bluebonnet 2020-2021 Master List book, From an Idea to Disney: How Imagination Built a World of Magic (Clarion). He also works in the animation world--as animation lead for Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly, and assistant animation director on the director's newest film, Apollo 101/2 (2022). He was assistant animation director on both seasons of Amazon's Undone. C.S. believes in being part of the kid lit community. From 2016 to 2020 he was Illustrator Coordinator for the Austin chapter of The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an organization he's been a member of for over sixteen years. A Texas native, he makes his home in Austin where he bikes and hikes, exploring the hill country for inspiration. See more of his work at https: //csjennings.com/.