Jerry Craft published the Newbury award-winning graphic novel New Kid in 2019. The novel focuses on the experience of being Black and the "new kid" at a predominantly white school.

Essay on book banning by 'New Kid' author Jerry Craft New Kid won the Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. But the book has been challenged in some school ...

Jerry Craft’s graphic novel New Kid has won multiple awards, made the New York Times Best Sellers List, and is beloved by children across the country. But this year, ...

Last month, author and illustrator Jerry Craft (BFA 1984 Media Arts) was awarded the Newbery Medal for outstanding contribution to children’s literature, for his graphic novel New Kid.A coming-of-age ...

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 ...

Jerry Craft, who wrote “New Kid,” has previously faced book bans and challenges over critical race theory. ... The first 50 kids will receive a free copy of New Kid for Craft to sign.

Jerry Craft created the art for "New Kid" digitally using Photoshop! Try making a digital comic of your own using the free website Storyboard That.

These 10 New Year’s Eve crafts for kids are a great way to keep them a part of the festivities even if they don’t stay up all night. 1. Mombrite. Paper Plate New Year’s Noisemaker Craft.

Jerry Craft, bestselling author and illustrator of the graphic novels New Kid, Class Act and School Trip came to Schenectady Saturday By Jim Franco , Staff Photographer Updated Aug 27, 2023 1:41 p.m.

One may think that a New York times bestselling author would have been bona fide book worm in younger days, but Jerry Craft says he “absolutely, unequivocally, hated to read as a kid.” ...