Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life puppets Romero spins an enchanting tale

Romero spins an enchanting tale in elegant verse about the search for belonging

How crayons are made

Hilde was dreamed into existence by the god Odin and

and worst of all

and encourages readers to accept themselves and others as they are

Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life puppets Romero spins an enchanting tale"Jerry Pinkney creator of Caldecott Medal winning The Lion & the Mouse and The Little Mermaid drew everywhere, all the time. Since childhood, it was how he made sense of the world how he coped with the stress of being a sensitive child growing up in crowded spaces, struggling with a learning disability, in a time when the segregation of Black Americans was the norm. Only drawing could offer him a sense of calm, control, and confidence. When friends