Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Author: Kevin Noble Maillard
Why is this Book Awesome?
Maillard (of the Mekusukey band of the Seminole Nation) celebrates contemporary Native American life and food. Juana Martinez-Neal’s illustrations show the diversity in today’s Native American community. Maillard describes fry bread and the ways it can be used to celebrate time with family with a simple pattern perfect for younger readers, and then also explain a more detailed history of fry bread and the history of Native Americans in an extensive author’s note appropriate for older children.
Link: https://bookshop.org/books/fry-bread-a-native-american-family-story/9781626727465
Modified on October 22, 2020