Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard

Title: Fry Bread

Author: Kevin Noble Maillard

Illustrations: Juana Martinez-Neal

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

ISBN: 9781626727465

Review:

Fry Bread speaks of culture, food, family and friendship. In a poetic format, this story shows tradition and history with all five senses.

Young readers will delight in this story as the verse carries them through the pages showing colorful illustrations with children of all colors helping to make fry bread. Families are also preparing other foods to go along with the meal. Young readers will also learn the importance of fry bread in many different lands and even its history.

Parents, teachers and caregivers can use this book as a tool to teach young readers how to make fry bread with the recipe included in the back pages. This is also a great way to share Native American culture and various items made by its people. Also, in the back pages is a history and telling of all of the elements that are fry bread.