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Meet the Author Jerry Craft

ZORA! Festival Education Day 2025
2025-01-31 10:30:00 2025-01-31 11:30:00 America/New_York Meet the Author Jerry Craft Dive into the art of storytelling with Jerry Craft, award-winning and bestselling graphic novelist of the "New Kid" series. Recommended for families with children ages 8 and up. Eatonville Branch - Eatonville - Meeting Room

Friday, January 31
10:30am - 11:30am

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Eatonville Branch

Eatonville - Meeting Room

Dive into the art of storytelling with Jerry Craft, award-winning and bestselling graphic novelist of the "New Kid" series. Recommended for families with children ages 8 and up.

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.

Please visit https://zorafestival.org/ for more ZORA! Festival programming opportunities.

AGE GROUP: | Families |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors - Books - Writing |

TAGS: | meettheauthor | ipevents | bb-childrens |

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Eatonville Branch is located in the Town of Eatonville’s Zora Neale Hurston Square. Eatonville is known as the oldest incorporated African American municipality in the United States. Opened January 2005, the branch honors Eatonville resident Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), an accomplished and highly acclaimed author of stories, novels, and folklore.

Eatonville Branch is dedicated to promoting reading, especially in children. The branch serves residents that make up the four residential quadrants of Eatonville – Calhoun, Catalina Park, Eaton Pointe, and Lake Lovely Estates. The collection, programs, and services are also available to all Orange County residents including residents of the City of Maitland and Winter Park through reciprocal borrowing.

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Eatonville - Meeting Room
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