jerrycraft.bsky.social
@jerrycraft.bsky.social
For all the New Kid fans going back to school. jerrycraft.com/new-kid-merc...
August 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You mean work with Kwame AGAIN?
July 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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July 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
TEAM J PROUDLY WELCOMES
ROY WOOD JR!

The brilliant stand-up comedian and actor who first became well known for his correspondent appearances on The Daily Show. (Where he interviewed me. Check it out on YouTube) Wood has been hosting the show Have I Got News for You on CNN.
#jvskbook
July 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
i’ve been anxiously awaiting the American Library Association’s Annual Conference all year. Then at 6 AM American Airlines canceled all flights going from Orlando to Philly. So guess who’s driving? Just hit Georgia, 11 hours to go. Just stopped at Buccees for lunch .Team J is on the way!#alaac25
June 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congratulations to Kwame Alexander for riding the Jerry Craft Bandwagon to make the Black Bookstore Coalition’s Bestselling Children’s Book List!

Well done!
June 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Team J: Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give, a #1 New York Times bestseller. Her second novel, On the Come Up, is a film on Paramount Plus.
Her latest is Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy.
Team K: GiGi Thomas, like Kwame, likes treats and going for longs walks.
#JvsKbook
May 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Team J proudly welcomes Superstar Librarian and Reading Advocate Mychal Threets — known for his viral social media videos that feature book recommendations, library services, and affirming messages.
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#jvskbook
May 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
TEAM J’s newest member is Raúl The Third!!! A New York Times bestselling and three-time Pura Belpre award-winning illustrator, author, and artist of the Vamos and Stuntboy series!

#jvskbook
#JVSK
#TeamJ
May 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Team J PROUDLY welcomes Katherine Applegate! My fellow Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young readers, including The One and Only Ivan, wishtree, Crenshaw, the Endling series, the Roscoe Riley Rules series, and the Animorphs.
#JVSK
#TeamJ
#jvskbook
May 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
How to say "TEAM J is the best!" without actually saying "TEAM J is the best!" Although, I AM actually saying that "TEAM J IS THE BEST!"

"J" is for Jacqueline Woodson!
#justsayin
#Team J
#JvsK
April 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
How to say "TEAM J is the best!" without actually saying "TEAM J is the best!"

Although, I AM actually saying that "TEAM J IS THE BEST!"

PART 3

"J" is for Dav Pilkey. Not really, but just go with it.

His Captain Underpants series and Dog Man graphic novels have sold millions of copies.

#TeamJ
April 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
How to say "TEAM J is the best!" without actually saying "TEAM J is the best!"

Although, I AM actually saying that "TEAM J IS THE BEST!"

PART 2

"J" is for Jason Jason Reynolds.
The recipient of a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and multiple Coretta Scott King honors.
April 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
How to say "TEAM J is the best!" without actually saying "TEAM J is the best!" Although, I AM actually saying that "TEAM J IS THE BEST!"

"J" is for Jacqueline Woodson!
#justsayin
#Team J
#JvsK
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Join me and fellow Newbery- winning author Kwame Alexander for our nationwide tour to promote our new book J vs K!
@littlebrown.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Proud to have been interviewed in the PBS Documentary “American Masters – Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse”

“American Masters - Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse” now streaming on PBS and the PBS app.

#AmericanMastersPBS
AmericanMasters
April 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Did you know, and I already know you don’t, that this iconic scene from Spike Lee’s Malcolm X was shot in front of the house where I lived for the first 24 years of my life? And it’s also the brownstone where Jordan Banks lives in my New Kid graphic novels. @harpercollins.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Congratulations to Team J (New Kid) AND Team K (The Crossover) for making Kirkus Reviews "Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)"

www.kirkusreviews.com/middle-grade...

Can't wait till May 6 when our book, J-VS-K comes out!
April 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Cambridge Public Library will host the 7th annual Margret and H.A. Rey Curious George Lecture on Wed, March 19, at 6 p.m. at the Main Library. Children and families are invited to meet Jerry Craft, award-winning and best-selling graphic novelist of the New Kid series.No registration is required.
March 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
March 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
February 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
it never ceases to amaze me what kids will ask you to autograph if you don’t set limits. Foreheads, hats, casts, arms… 🤣
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM