'23-'24 Comic Coaching!

 

Monthly comics coaching over Zoom this upcoming academic year! 

A small number of slots available for young artists in the ‘23-‘24 school year! A section for 9-12 YOs and one for Teens. We will meet the last Monday of every month from Sept-May.

REGISTRATION INFO HERE

To answer a few Qs:

There is no homework. Students will share whatever they might have made within the past month. Kids have enough pressure in their lives; this is NOT one of them. 

Feedback will be based on what each individual student wants, which could vary between needing affirmation and wanting a more significant push on how to improve their craft. 

Lessons will be crafted based on student inquiry in each meeting. 

  The atmosphere is relaxed and joyous

Summer 2023 Library Events!

I have some fun library events coming up this summer! These library events will be all ages, so whether your reader is into the Lunch Lady series or Hey, Kiddo, I hope to they can come by!

Check back for exact times.

July 14

Farmville, VA

 Longwood Summer Literacy Institute

August 1

Agawam, MA

Agawam Public Library

August 9

Portsmouth, NH

Portsmouth Public Library

August 12

Washington, DC

National Book Festival

August 15

Ipswich, MA

Ipswich Public Library

Sunshine reviewed in The New York Times!

 Check it out!

NPR reviews Sunshine!

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Sunshine is a bestseller!

 

Thank YOU for helping SUNSHINE debut on the Indie Bestsellers List. Number 9 amongst all YA titles in indie bookshops this past week! 

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Watch JJK on ABC Boston's Chronicle!

 

SUNSHINE debut!

April 18th, 7pm

Academy of Music

Northampton, MA 

Buy tickets here!

Each ticket holder will receive an autographed copy of Sunshine upon entry.

This isn't even really a book event—but a theatrical experience! A host of actors will join me, and with the aid of a multimedia presentation, we will read Sunshine to you LIVE and UNABRIDGED! (In all, it's about a 90-minute experience.)

This theater is majestical! 

And does it make me anxious to think that I hope to sell out an 800-seat theater? 

Yes, yes it does.

But that is just what excites me about this!

Author Visits 2023

I feed off the energy of presenting to a big crowd of readers, and I am so stoked to be getting out there again for IRL author events. One major thing that the pandemic has upended is lead times. Where we used to plan nearly a year in advance, we are getting bookings weeks and months before my visit. Please don't hesitate to inquire about scheduling an author visit for this school year. For info on my presentations and for contact info, please visit StudioJJK.com/keynotes.

SUNSHINE preview

 

Good Morning America

 Check out the fantastic piece that aired on Good Morning America!

TED Talk: Live drawings of the human experience

In this live drawing performance and poignant autobiographical journey, author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka sketches some life-shaping moments, showing us how drawing and storytelling can help us honor and remain close to those we've lost.

photo by Bret Hartman

The Snoopy Show!

 See this Snoopy-obsessed kid? He grew up to write for The Snoopy Show on AppleTV! 

Wait. What? Yes, that kid who constantly drew Snoopy growing up wrote words, and then those words were spoken by those iconic Charlie Brown characters!

I approached this with such care and reverence for what Charles Schulz created. 

This is my first script to make it to screen! Happiness is a Rainy Day premiered today and is the second half of this episode. Season 2, Episode 6 

#snoopy #charliebrown #peanutsgang #dreambig #appletv #charlesschulz