Cartoonist Jerry Craft reflects on his career in comics and his inspiration for writing "New Kid," the first graphic novel ever to receive the Newbery Award.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

Cartoonist Jerry Craft reflects on his career in comics and his inspiration for writing "New Kid," the first graphic novel ever to receive the Newbery Award. This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

Jerry Craft

The Storyteller’s Thread is a monthly podcast for compulsive readers, aspiring writers, teachers, book lovers, librarians, and anyone else who loves or works with young adult literature. In each episode, host Sean Connors talks with young adult authors about their writing process; social and political topics that influence their work; and their motivation for writing for young readers.

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Jerry Craft

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