Cartoonist and children's book author Jerry Craft published the Newbery award-winning graphic novel New Kid in 2019. New Kid also won the Coretta Scott King Author Award and the Kirkus Prize.

Jerry Craft credits his two sons, both in college, with helping him to write a better graphic novel. He had shown his boys the early draft of a tense scene in “New Kid.” But when he saw their ...

Jordan Banks, the protagonist of New Kid, is a seventh grade student who loves to draw and hopes to one day become a cartoonist. But the graphic ... author Jerry Craft tells NPR's A Martinez ...

Author/illustrator Jerry Craft joined us to share his newest graphic novel, "School Trip", which is a companion novel to the critically acclaimed novel "New Kid". In this new book, Jordan ...

“As a kid, I did not like to read, but I always liked to draw,” said Jerry Craft ... to children’s literature for his graphic novel “New Kid,” along with the Kirkus Prize and Coretta ...

“With Class Act, I explored a lot more of Drew’s life,” Craft says. “You’ll get to meet his grandmother ... of the intricacies and nuances that I don’t often see with Black kids in books and movies.” ...

Kansas St., will hold a virtual meeting with author Jerry Craft at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6. Craft is the author-illustrator of No. 1 New York Times best-selling graphic novels New Kid, and its ...

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — Albany Middle School students are in a for a treat this week. Award-winning, New York Times best-selling author Jerry Craft is coming to visit the students for Family ...