Author/Artist of New Kid: NY Times bestseller. Winner of Coretta Scott King & Kirkus Awards. First graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal jerrycraft.com
Joined February 2009
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Jun 11
30 Best Graphic Novels for Kids, According to Kids Themselves
Want your child to continue reading for fun? Give them some great graphic novels
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School Year Read 55 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read #weneeddiversebooks #kwamealexander @JerryCraft
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Apr 25
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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May 7
Trying to refi w/ @newrezwholesale for over a month. If I have NEVER missed a payment on 2 mortgages, doesn’t it make sense that I will be able to afford to pay LESS money w/ a lower rate? They contacted me but have made it nearly impossible to complete. I even tried to cancel!
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May 2
In all the airports I’ve ever been in, I’ve never seen a check-in counter with no one behind the desk unless it was really early in the morning. Was just told that no one would be here until 6:30 PM. Luckily my flight isn’t until 8:20 PM.😆 @jetblue
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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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Feb 21
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!!
Jan 29
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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Feb 21
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Recent activities before the intercession included #NationalHistoryDay judging & interviewing, @BookBreak4Schls #WouldYouReadIt @JerryCraft virtual #AuthorVisit, Super Bowl Jeopardy, & Valentine’s Day scavenger hunts. 💕 @DutchmanCreekMS #Research #Literacy #Trivia #MoreThanBooks
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Feb 2
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🚀 BROTHEROBO EPISODE 1 IS HERE! 🤖
Join twins Cole and Zora as they team up with their giant robot BROTHEROBO to save the galaxy in epic adventures filled with family, heroism, and FUN!
✨ Epic space battles
🎨 Super Cool Afrofuturism
❤️ Family, friendship & FUN
Created by Tim Fielder (@dieselfunk)
👉 Watch now! Link in bio/comments
#BROTHEROBO #Animation #SciFi #IndieAnimation #AnimatedSeries #RobotAdventure #FamilyFriendly #Dieselfunk @GraphicHisCo @icreatelife @nytimesarts @ytashawomack @rolandsmartin @DrJasonJohnson @JerryCraft
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Jan 29
Proud to announce that J VS K audiobook that I recorded with fellow Newbery winning Author, Kwame Alexander is a 2026 AUDIE AWARD FINALIST for Best middle grade audiobook! @audiobook @LittleBrownYR
audiopub.org/2026audies
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Jan 25
January 27, 2020, the announcement that changed my life forever. Good luck to all of the authors who will get their calls tomorrow.
#NewberyMedal
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24 Dec 2025
Went to @Walmart to get canvas prints by 10am the next day. Next morning got a text saying there is a delay & they will let me know ETA. Went there tonight at 7pm & was told “our machine has been broken for 2 weeks?” Then why are you still taking orders? These were Xmas gifts? 🤪
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5 Dec 2025
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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4 Dec 2025
This Saturday, December 6th st Writers Block Bookstore in Orlando.
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