JR Episode: New Kid by Jerry Craft

"But he's so articulate!" Join us as we discuss cereal for dinner, the meaning behind calling someone an “oreo”, and how code-switching can be used as a survival technique. In this episode, we cover the middle-grade graphic novel: New Kid by Jerry Craft. Craft has five African-American literary awards and is the co-founder of the Schomburg Center’s Annual Black Comic Book Festival. New Kid was the first graphic novel to be awarded a Newbery Medal in 2020 and also received the Coretta Scott King Award, and the 2019 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature.  Sources and Show Notes: BUY: New Kid and Class Act: The Box Set a book by Jerry Craft Albert Einstein College of Medicine to offer free tuition after billion-dollar gift | CNN Business @rbreich - "shrinkflation" Let them eat Flakes: Kellogg’s CEO says poor families should consider ‘cereal for dinner’ | US news | The Guardian Assimilationist Analysis in Stamped from the Beginning | LitCharts ‘He’s So Articulate.’ What That Really Means The Racial Politics of Speaking Well - Lynette Clemetson - The New York Times Sci-fi/Fantasy books featuring non-white protagonists: Rick Riordan Presents Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (a Sal and Gabi Novel, Book 1) a book by Carlos Hernandez Amari and the Night Brothers a book by B. B. Alston Future Hero a book by Remi Blackwood Shuri and t'Challa: Into the Heartlands (an Original Black Panther Graphic Novel) Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron The Marvellers a book by Dhonielle Clayton and Khadijah Khatib Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (Reprint) a book by Tolá Okogwu Dragons in a Bag a book by Zetta Elliott and Geneva B. Seekers of the Wild Realm (Reprint) a book by Alexandra Ott Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind a book by Misa Sugiura Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/moms-into-literary-freedom--6617805/support. Get full access to @milf4books with Court & Jen at milf4books.substack.com/subscribe