Fry Bread
A Native American Family Story
Roaring Brook Press · Print & ebook · October 22, 2019
Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal An American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Winner “A wonderful and sweet book . . .
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- Who it’s for
- Lively verse makes fry bread a way into family, memory, and Native identity.
- Themes
- Family bonds, Cultural identity, Food and tradition
- Genres
- US: Native American Stories, Cooking & Food, Diversity & Multicultural
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Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal An American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Winner “A wonderful and sweet book . . . Lovely stuff.” —The New York Times Book Review 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. Fry bread is food.
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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. A Charlotte Huck Recommended Book A Publishers Weekly Best Picture Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book A School Library Journal Best Picture Book A Booklist Editor's Choice A Shelf Awareness Best Children's Book A Goodreads Choice Award Semifinalist A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book A National Public Radio (NPR) Best Book An NCTE Notable Poetry Book A NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People A ALA Notable Children's Book An ILA Notable Book for a Global Society Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year List One of NPR's 100 Favorite Books for Young Readers Nominee, Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award Nominee, Illinois Monarch Award
Food, Family, Belonging
Lively verse makes fry bread a way into family, memory, and Native identity.
Come here for
- A warm, sensory celebration of food shared across generations
- Poetry that holds tradition and modern life together
Expect
- Lively, powerful verse
- A family-centered picture book with vibrant illustrations
Where it sits
| Cooking & Food | 66% |
|---|---|
| Diversity & Multicultural | 65% |
| US: Native American Stories | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: Native American Stories
- Cooking & Food
- Diversity & Multicultural
- Authors
- Kevin Noble Maillard
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Published
- October 22, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Family bonds · Cultural identity · Food and tradition
- Reading lane
- US: Native American Stories