Happy Weekend Book Friends!
Today, I am featuring one of my FAVORITE picture books, prefect for celebrating Native American Heritage Month during the month of November, Fry Bread by Kevin Maillard.
This picture book is a perfect reminder of Native American’s vibrant culture, their resilience, and strength.
Book details
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.
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
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781626727465 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Roaring Brook Press |
| Publication date: | 10/22/2019 |
| Pages: | 48 |
| Product dimensions: | 9.9 x 0.5 x 9.9 inches |
| Lexile: | NP760L (what’s this?) |
| Age Range: | 3 – 6 Years |
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From the Publisher
Storytime Author Kevin Maillard
About the Author
Kevin Maillard is a contributor to the New York Times and a professor of law at Syracuse University. He is the 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. An enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, he lives with his family in Manhattan and Vermont.
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ABOUT THE CREATOR
CECE BECKMAN
Cece holds a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach. She lives in California with her husband and children. When she’s not reading or writing reviews she can be found wandering book aisles at local bookshops, drinking iced cold lattes with cold cream foam, or passing the time with her cats.
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