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“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.

I love this book for expanding students horizons! I believe it is so important for students to learn about all different people and this story really helps teach about different family traditions

This non-fiction book provides historical insights into the art of making Fry Bread. It delves into the ingredients essential for crafting this traditional bread and discusses the specific holidays during which it holds cultural significance. Geared towards elementary and older students, the book not only imparts valuable background information but also maintains an engaging and enjoyable narrative.

this book beautifully explores the cultural significance of fry bread within Native American communities. Through vibrant illustrations and poetic language, the book celebrates the culinary and symbolic aspects of fry bread, connecting it to themes of resilience. It is a valuable tool for cultural representation in the classroom, fostering discussions on identity, family, and the importance of preserving cultural heritage.

“Fry Bread is us,
we are still here
elder and young
Friend and neighbor.“

This book would be a good introduction to learning about Native Americans and some of their traditions. Students could make reports about different foods or traditions that are special to their own families.

Fry Bread is a story about how fry bread is made and connects families within the Native American community. It describes the different symbols that the bread reminds the author of and those symbols help the reader connect to the story. It describes how the families had to create new recipes because of the land they were losing. It acknowledged the many Native American tribes that were in America. Many representations in this book to help kids.

“The skillet clangs on the stove. The fire blazes from below. Drop the dough in the skillet. The bubbles sizzle and pop.“

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story shows an elder preparing fry bread and a diverse group of kids gathered around her and other grown-ups helping prepare and then enjoying this cultural dish. This book shows us that food helps to bring people together.

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story is considered to be a concept book, a subgenre of nonfiction. The book celebrates the cultural significance of fry bread in Indigenous communities. The book invites readers to explore the sensory filled and culturally affirming aspects of making and sharing fry bread, while also acknowledging the complex history of survival, relocation, and resilience that is intertwined with this simple food.

This is a non-fiction book and gives historical information about how Fry bread is made. In the book it talks about the ingredients needed to make the bread and which holidays the bread is eaten on. This book is great for elementary and older students because it gives great background information and is fun to read. In the book it talks about all the different tribes that used to make the bread and how their tradition has continued to this day.

This book is a winner of the Robert Sibert Informational Book Award. This book tells readers how fry bread became apart of the Native Americans lives. Very interesting book.

This book was published in 2019 and received the American Indian Youth Literature Award. This book is a Native American story that is about culture and tradition. Fry bread is a food shared by many Native Americans, and this story highlights how important food can be to a community and culture. I would highly recommend this book and I will definitely use it in my classroom!

Fry Bread is a Native American tradition story that depicts family members and friends who take part in history. Making fry bread together has become an important aspect of Native American culture. This story incorporates the traditions of indigenous families and would be great to read to any age group. This story was published in 2019.

Description: Fry Bread is a story about a modern Native American family making Fry bread with family and friends. The story explains how Fry bread is made and all the fun they have together baking this bread. It explains that Fry bread is not only food but, art, history, a place, a nation, and everything.
Author & Ill: Kevin Maillard & Juana Martinez-Neal
Genre: Children's Lit., Fiction
Publication: Oct. 22, 2019

I‘ve never wanted to eat fry bread more tha after the beauty of this story

this books is a beautiful depiction of how fry bread enter native american culture. While the back round to how they ended up in the situation is awful and traumatic, they found at least this lovely outcome from it

Name of Award:American Indian Youth Literature Award
Purpose of Award: Presents Indigenous North American people in the fullness of their humanity
Illustrator: Juana Martinez-Neal
Date of Publication: : October 22nd, 2019
Genre: Fiction
Brief Summary: A story about the Seminole Nation...

This story 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.

Fry Bread by Kevin Noble is a fiction children's book that was published in 2019. It won the American Indian Youth Literature Award. It is about fry bread which is a flat dough bread that is fried in oil, shortening or lard which is a tradition to the Navajo people. This is a great book for any elementary age and i would love to read it to my class.

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story was written by Kevin Noble Maillard and published in 2019. This is a beautiful book about how fry bread became apart of Native American culture. This book has won the Sibert Medal and the American Indian Youth Literature Honor Award.

Fry Bread is a historical nonfiction book written by Kevin Noble Maillard. It was published in 2019. This book contains a lot of information about Native Americans and how they lived after American Colonization. This book has won the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award.

Title: Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
Author: Kevin Noble Maillard
Published: October 22, 2019
Genre: Fiction
Awards: American Indian Youth Literature Award Book

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story was written by Kevin Noble Maillard. This story shares the importance of fry bread; a Native American food that is important to the culture. I absolutely love this story!

This book is about how the famous “ Fry Bread'' became a huge part of Native Americans and their daily diet.This happened and took place right after they were forced to leave their land behind and given limited rations of essential things needed in life.

Published: 2019
This book talks about the procedure of making Fry Bread, a Native American traditional food. It goes into detail about how it looks, sounds, smells, and tastes using vivid sensory language that brings it to life and teaches about the culture.
Awards: Robert F. Sibert Award Medal, Amazon.com Best Books of the Year, Kirkus Reviews Editor's Choice, NPR Best Book of the Year, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year

This is an informational book all about fry bread. It describes what exactly it is, and then goes through all of the senses and what is fitting with fry bread. It is a Native American family story. I wouldn‘t recommend this book just because I don‘t necessarily see a use for it in the classroom. It won the Robert F. Sibert Informational Award

Fry Bread is an informational children's book about Fry Bread, which is exactly what it sounds like- an informational text Fry Bread. Fry Bread is a Native American recipe and this book illustrates a young girl making the bread.

This book is a slow read, and although I appreciate the information inside, I would not recommend it for a read-aloud, unless planning to make Fry Bread while learning about Native American culture.

Fry Bread describes to the reader what Fry Bread is, its shape, sound, color, flavor, history, where it originated, and much more. It tells us about what fry bread means to the Native American culture.

Published - 2019
Author - Kevin Noble Maillard
Genre- Fiction
Award- Robert Sibert Award
A touching story about a Native-American family coming together to make bread. The illustrations and the words used are beautiful and i love the dynamic of this book. It would be perfect for any classroom setting!

“Fry bread is art
sculpture, landscape, portrait
Our daily craft
Shared from teacher to student
A cycle of heritage and fortune”

This would be a good book you use when taking about Native American culture. You could connect it to other cultures to find what might be similar to fry bread. Is there something in each culture which brings families together and is more than just food?

Published in 2019, this book won the Sibert Medal. This is a wonderful story about Native American families. With descriptive and colorful language, including lots of similes and metaphors, it describes the process to make fry bread. It also connects fry bread to different aspects of Native American heritage and history.

Fry Bread is place. Cities and lands we call home.

This fictional story illustrates the importance of food and culture within families. One dish can mean so much and applies to all of the senses! Fry Bread is a recipe that will follow the family forever and establishes a sense of home and goodness. This book received the Sibert Medal.

This book was a Siebert award winner in 2020. It was published in 2019. This book shows that we are one human species living very different lives but we are all just trying to live our lives in the best way we can. It would be such a good lesson for children to learn differences and characteristics.

“Fry bread is time, on weekdays and holidays, supper or dinner, powwows and festivals, moments together with family and friends”

I love how they are all placed in different places doing different things!

The illustrations were really good in the book and I loved the sense of community throughout.

This book was published in 2020 and has won the Robert F. Sibert Award. It shows the importance of community and how simple and small things can people bring people together.

“Fry bread is color. Golden brown, tan, or yellow. Deep like coffee, sienna, or earth. Light like snow and cream. Warm like rays of sun.”

“We strengthen each other to learn, change, and survive”

The illustrations really represent community and generations that come together to make and enjoy fry bread

This book is about a Native American family that is making fry bread. They talk about how fry bread can be many different things like, food, shape, sound, color, flavor, time, art, history, and so much more. It embraces community and culture.

Fry Bread is an amazing book! It made me realize there are not a lot of books on Native American families, and I don‘t want that to be the case in my future classroom. I want to make sure every culture is highlighted and I think this book did a great job doing that.