Author/Artist of New Kid: NY Times bestseller. Winner of Coretta Scott King & Kirkus Awards. First graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal https://nitter.cf/t.co/6BJLQhERAy
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I got @JerryCraft's "New Kid," preparing to read a story of armed insurrection à la Nat Turner. Parents wouldn't mobilize against a book which didn't at least feature a few murders of police officers & riots which targeted some chain stores, right? bit.ly/3mcmwag
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@FirstBook, #kwamealexander and #onewordatatime hosted a great rdg event yesterday for kids & educators emphasizing writing craft and the sheer fun in rdg! Join #erinentradakelly for the next event on Oct. 13. @JerryCraft @WriteinBK
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Cover Reveal: Aren Anime: The New Realm by Newbery Medalist @JerryCraft mrschureads.blogspot.com/202…
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The New Kid graphic novels by @JerryCraft are an essential series for any Y5/6 classroom, tackling themes of friendship, race, and identity, and are fast-paced, relatable, and highly engaging. They're incredibly popular in class, and are rarely on the bookshelves.
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📚 The Zena Sutherland Lecture is coming up May 1!
Join award-winning author & illustrator Jerry Craft (@jerrycraft), creator of New Kid.
Free virtual event | Register by April 30: bit.ly/SutherlandLecture26
#SutherlandLecture #JerryCraft #UChicagoLab #ChildrensLit
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📚 Join the 43rd Zena Sutherland Lecture virtually on Friday, May 1, 6:30 p.m. with @jerrycraft, Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of New Kid.
Free | Register by April 30: bit.ly/SutherlandLecture26
#SutherlandLecture #JerryCraft #UChicagoLab #ChildrensLit
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Middle school educators, learn how to level up your students’ empathy! Join TeachersFirst’s Spring Book Club and read books like “New Kid” by @Jerrycraft & “Front Desk” by @kellyyanghk while learning to integrate SEL into your lessons. Apply by 3/13: bit.ly/4qHFJyo
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Spotlighting award-winning authors for Black History Month! Thank you @JerryCraft for recently sharing impactful facts and inspiring this format. @KwameAlexander @authorderrickbarnes @jacqueline_woodson @jasonreynolds83 @angiethomas @nicstone @eric_velasquez_ #TheCreekIsReading
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We are so proud to see HOW THE WORD IS PASSED (@ClintSmithIII and Sonja Cherry Paul), J VS. K (Kwame Alexander and @JerryCraft), and SECRETS OF THE PURPLE PEARL (Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne) as 2026 Audie Award finalists!!
The finalists are finally here. 🎉 The 2026 Audie Awards are celebrating the audiobooks that made us laugh, gasp, cry, and immediately hit replay.
Check out all our Finalists at audiopub.org/audie-awards
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After listening to @JerryCraft on Zoom talk about being an author and illustrator, these 4th and 5th graders had some great written responses and won one of his books! @bookelicious @FBISD_Libraries @OCE_BlueJays @FortBendISD
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School Year Read # 13 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read #weneeddiversebooks #graphicnovel @JerryCraft
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#PIRecommends🏅🪷
Presenting a new special box set from Jerry Craft (@JerryCraft) brings together all three books from his award-winning graphic novel series.
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4th and 5th graders are doing a little writing response this week as they listen to @JerryCraft! The raffle will be coming soon! @bookelicious @FBISD_Libraries @FortBendISD @OCE_BlueJays
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At #ALAAC24 with fellow Newbery winners Christopher Paul Curtis and Kwame Alexander @kwamealexander
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#ALAAC24 Newbery Medal winners Jerry Craft (New Kid, 2020), Christopher Paul Curtis (Bud Not Buddy, 2000), and Kwame Alexander (The Crossover, 2015) @ALALibrary @kwamealexander @JerryCraft @PublishersWkly @sljournal
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This 5th grader saw #JvsK and said, “J, of course!” @JerryCraft …sorry #KwameAlexander!
LOVE our new poster signed by BOTH authors at #ALAAC2025
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In 2002, I would spend all my time at my local @BNBuzz store in Orlando, hoping that would day I'd see my book on the shelves. Now, I got a chance to celebrate that all four of my books are there. Thank you @RashadDoucet and @JerryCraft for joining. #bookposse
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It takes so much courage and creativity to do what you do. You’re not just writing books you’re leaving pieces of yourself on every page. I admire your strength, your persistence, and the magic you bring with every word. Keep going, people are reading, feeling.
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Semi throwback to Georgia Library Media Association Summer Institute! It was so fun learning from and meeting all the amazing media specialist/librarians 🤩📖. Best part was meeting @JerryCraft & hearing his author talk 👏🏾
