J is the undisputed king of creativity of the fifth grade at Dean Ashley Public School—all three classes. Pencil and notebook always in hand, he can draw absolutely anything and he’s confident enough ...

On winning the 2020 John Newbery Medal for New Kid, Craft said, “That was pretty amazing. I was shocked, but it has been pretty amazing.” He continued, “What makes the lead character Jordan so ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Oct. 14, 2025. Click here for that audio. Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander‘s new book “J Vs. K” centers around two kids, one an artist, the other an ...

Author and illustrator Jerry Craft, who won a Newbery Medal for his graphic novel The New Kid, had never been to Africa. The New York City native had also never visited a school outside of the United ...

Jerry Craft, creator of the middle-grade graphic novels New Kid – the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Awards and Class Act has seen a speaking engagement withdrawn and his comic books pulled ...

This article was originally published in NC Newsline. Ignoring the advice of literary friends, bestselling children’s author Jerry Craft reads every email, every book review and every social media ...

Jerry Craft’s New Kid, the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Award, is a gentle middle grade tale with an anti-bullying message, based on Craft’s own experiences as a Black student at a ...

Jerry Craft was intent on creating the kind of story he wished had been in his classroom while he was growing up in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood — a positive tale featuring a Black ...

Jerry Craft, the Newbery Medal award-winning author whose book has sparked outrage this week in Katy ISD, said Wednesday he hopes his books help kids “showing kids of color as just regular kids,” and ...

Earlier this year, Craft made history with New Kid, where it became the first graphic novel to win the prestigious Newbery Medal. It is humorous, compelling, and very relatable thanks to its lead ...