Jon and the Soggy Leaf

11/24/2025

Jon has a new friend, and his name is Taco! Read A Cat Named Taco today. Buy your copy at http://byjackiejenson.com/

05/13/2024

Awesome Young Writers Conference! First 60 through . Can’t wait for the last 30.

08/01/2023

Writing challenge 2

07/24/2023

07/24/2023

writing is… challenge one!

07/21/2023

Flowerpot Poetry in Detroit Lakes rocks again this summer. Five of my students had poems selected. Check out my poem on Washington Ave.

01/18/2022

Write your Ice Poem today!! Polar fest Polarity Walk is coming soon!

01/17/2022

A Little Winter Poetry!
Poetry Walk inspired my students and I to have a little fun with wintry words. Here is the result:

Little Snowman

I am a little snowman, small and wide,

Behind tall piles of snow I hide.

With a carrot nose and hat made of felt,

Come play with me before I melt!

-J.S. Jenson, from Sharp Bites and Other Pesky Poems

08/24/2019

Time to get back to teaching and writing!

08/09/2018

Tamarac

07/22/2017

Jon traveled to The University of St Thomas in St Paul. So excited to be in the neighborhood where Jon's story was inspired!

10/02/2016

As I am finishing up Jen's summer adventure tale...I will soon release a Middle Grade Poetry Book with lots to tickle your funny bone. Here is a small sample:

Pickle Roll

Once I lost a pickle,
It fell onto the floor,
It twirled over my foot,
And headed for the door!

I have not seen it for a week,
I fear it may be lost!
Until I found a fuzzy trail
Of pickle-colored moss.

Maybe today I’ll spy it,
Hiding in a dish,
Waiting to come home to me,
Knowing it was missed!