What an AWESOME way to enter the holidays! CREEP, LEAP, CRUNCH! A FOOD CHAIN STORY is a preliminary nominee for the 2025-2026 Missouri Show Me Award! THANKS SO MUCH MO School Librarians! Grateful! And congrats to my fellow nominees! maslonline.org/awards/

The February edition of my Newsletter is live on substack: csneal.substack.com/p/sketchbook-p…

More kind words about We Leap Together! Pre-Order from the links below: My bookshop bookshop.org/a/10043/978059… My publisher Random House rhcbooks.com/books/747755/w… Barnes and Nobles barnesandnoble.com/w/we-leap-toge… Amazon a.co/d/cA5YNE7 Books are Magic booksaremagic.net/item/p5lAnqxqG…

Just received samples of We Leap Together, out April 1st from Random House Children's Books Pre-order: bookshop.org/a/10043/978059…

Happy Spring from the Creep, Leap, Crunch! bunch! Christopher Silas Neal Random House Children's Books Random House Children's Books Teachers & Librarian Knopf BFYR Activities and song on my website! rb.gy/s8z9e4 #kidlit #PictureBooks #Spring2025

In my latest Newsletter I discuss my process behind We Leap Together: csneal.substack.com/p/making-we-le… Random House Children's Books

Hi Folks, Here's a list of book signings and story times happening this April including an Earth day Celebration at the Natural History Museum! Links to all of my events can be found at: csneal.com/about

Happy School Library Month! AASL Happy National Poetry Month! Happy April! 🌞🌱🦗🐍🪶🦊🐻 Christopher Silas Neal @Spanish_Broom Random House Children's Books Teachers & Librarian Random House Children's Books Knopf BFYR #poetry #nonfiction #kidlit #nature #WritingCommunity #children #PictureBooks

Help spread the word, please consider leaving a review of We Leap Together on Amazon. Reviews help my book get noticed on the algorithm and my book could use all the help it can get! Thanks to everyone for your support! a.co/d/eqz41Re

I am thrilled! THANK YOU Emporia State University for considering Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story beautifully illus Christopher Silas Neal for the 2026 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award! What an honor! shorturl.at/GYfHD shorturl.at/94sd8

I've always liked these unused book jacket ideas, circa 2016.

GrowingBookbyBook Thanks so much for including Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story! Christopher Silas Neal Random House Children's Books Teachers & Librarian Random House Children's Books Knopf BFYR

One I did awhile back for the New York Times about the science of brain function decline.

I made these two lettering experiments inspired by the musician Thundercat and am selling prints. inprnt.com/gallery/csneal/

Thank You Iowa City Library!

A cover from awhile back for Little Brown. I love where we ended up but also enjoyed the energy in some of these comps. AD Lucy Kim

A new one.