The Thought Leadership Series: Finnegan Lecture featuring Jerry Craft
Embracing My Own Boldness (In a world that demands that I be humble)
How does a reluctant reader who was told that Comics would rot his brain grow up to create the graphic novel that won the Newbery medal? Jerry Craft takes you on his journey.
About the Author
Jerry Craft is the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the graphic novels New Kid, Class Act, and School Trip. New Kid is the only book in history to win the John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature (2020); the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature (2019), and the Coretta Scott King Author Award for the most outstanding work by an African American writer (2020). Jerry was born in Harlem and grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City and now travels the world telling kids and their families about the importance of reading.