When I was in sixth grade, they slashed the budgets for all of our school art programs, so my grandparents enrolled me in art classes at Worcester Art Museum, which I attended from sixth to 12th grade. Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read Quote
When I look back at my career as an author, I don’t look at the first book that was ever published as to where my career began – I look to the first book that I ever wrote. Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read Quote
An author is somebody who writes a story. It doesn’t matter if you’re a kid or if you’re a grown-up, it doesn’t matter if the book gets published and lots of people get to read it, or if you make just one copy and you share that book with one friend. Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read Quote
When I was a kid… if I couldn’t get a ride to the comic book store, I would walk a mile and a half each way to get the latest issues of ‘Batman’ and ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘X-Men.’ I could not choose one over the other. Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read Quote
My mother was a very talented artist. When she was in jail, we’d write letters back and forth; that was pretty much the only form of communication we had. Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read Quote
As somebody who visits countless schools, I see firsthand the dire situation our educational system faces. Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read Quote
Librarians are teaching the next generation how to use digital media responsibly. Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read Quote
Now when I was a teenager, I was angsty as any teenager was, but after 17 years of having a mother who was in and out of my life like a yo-yo and a father who was faceless, I was angry. Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read Quote
My name is Jarrett Krosoczka, and I write and illustrate books for children for a living. So I use my imagination as my full-time job. Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read Quote
On my 14th birthday, my grandfather and my grandmother gave me the best birthday present ever: a drafting table that I have worked on ever since. Jarrett J. Krosoczka Read Quote
