Fry Bread: A Native American Story by Kevin Noble Maillard
Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family, vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpre Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal.
THEMES:
Native, Race, Identity
Fry bread is food.
It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate.
Fry bread is time
It brings families together for meals and new memories.
Fry bread is nation.
It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond.
Fry bread is us.
It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference.
Publication Date: October 22nd, 2019
Audiobook? Yes
Age Range: 3+
Read Time: 29 minutes (at 300 WPM)
ISBN-13: 9781626727465
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kevin Maillard is the debut author of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, a picture book illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, which won the Sibert Medal and the American Indian Youth Literature Honor. He is a law professor at Syracuse University and contributor to the New York Times who lives with his family in Manhattan. When he was 13 years old, he won a fishing derby for catching 72 fish in two hours. Originally from Oklahoma, he is an enrolled citizen of the Seminole Nation.
Kevin Maillard sits down with NBC New York to talk about his new book Fry Bread: A Native American Story (December 2019, NBC New York)
Kevin Maillard reads his book Fry Bread aloud for Virtual Storytime (May 2020, PEN America)
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