It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference. It is shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond.
It brings families together for meals and new memories. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. 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. The verse and illustrations of this award-winning. Lovely stuff.” ― The New York Times Book Review Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal. Sibert Informational Book MedalĪ 2020 American Indian Youth Literature Picture Book Honor Winner Regardless of “official” status-as the book declares-“We are still here.” Reference list and notes-plus a recipe-are appended.įrom the November/December 2019Horn Book Magazine.Winner of the 2020 Robert F. Written in simple yet powerful verse, this heartfelt book uses a beloved food to tell a broader story about Native American history, identity and community. The book’s endpapers powerfully list the names of Indigenous communities and nations currently within the U.S., some federally recognized, others not. More than just food, “Fry bread is time…Fry bread is art…Fry bread is history.” In the extensive, informative back matter, Maillard (a member of the Seminole Nation, Mekusukey band) explains how fry bread became a part of many Native Americans’ diet after the people were forced from their land and given limited rations by the United States government. This diversity, too, is reflected in Martinez-Neal’s warmhearted acrylic, colored-pencil, and graphite illustrations, on hand-textured paper, in which the characters within Native American communities have varying skin tones and hair texture. and through the refrain “Fry bread is…” readers learn that the food staple, although common to many Native American homes, is as varied as the people who make it and the places where it is made.
The text begins: “Fry bread is food / Flour, salt, water / Cornmeal, baking powder / perhaps milk, maybe sugar.” On subsequent pages we learn that “Fry bread is shape…sound…color,” etc. This affectionate picture book depicts an intergenerational group of Native American family members and friends as they make fry bread together. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Storyīy Kevin Noble Maillard illus.
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