Tag: jerry craft

Texas School Investigated by Office for Civil Rights After Books Pulled

by Jordan Smith • January 5, 2023 • Comments Off

Granbury ISD, a district roughly 60 miles west of Dallas, is under federal investigation by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights after 131 books were removed from the school library in January of 2022. Before the start of…

New Kid Comic First to Win Prestigious Newbery Medal

by Patricia Mastricolo • January 31, 2020 • Comments Off

Comics break another barrier with Jerry Craft’s New Kid winning the coveted Newbery Medal for Young Adult Literature. School Library Journal interviewed Craft about being the creator of the first graphic novel to win this honor in the almost century…