Jerry Craft--#1 NYT Best Selling Author and Elisabeth Paige
Jerry Craft, #1 NYT best selling author and only winner of the John Newbery Medal for outstanding contribution to children’s literature for a graphic novel as well as other awards speaks with Dr. Elisabeth Paige about his life, his writing and publishing journey, and his work. He wrote over 30 books, primarily for African American kids that were, in his eyes, less about what you usually see in children’s books targeting African American kids such as single parenthood, gun and police violence ...