


During the summer, schedules change and routines are sometimes harder to keep. Isabel Campoy Milo Imagines the World, by Matt de la Peña The Most Beautiful Thing, by Kao Kalia Yang Did you know. A fry bread recipe concludes the book, and an author’s note offers vital, detailed context about this varied dish and its complex history (“The story of fry bread is the story of American Indians”). Fry Bread, by Kevin Noble Maillard K Is for Kindness, by Rina Horiuchi Maybe Something Beautiful, by F. In blues and browns with bright highlights, Martinez-Neal’s wispy art features a diverse group of six children carrying ingredients and learning about each statement. by Kevin Noble Maillard - A guide for parents, teachers, and group leaders to accompany the reading of this picture book. For each stepmixing, frying and waitingthe bread represents an important aspect of their heritage. Bolstering the bold statements, spare poems emphasize fry bread in terms of provenance (“Fry bread is history/ The long walk, the stolen land”), culture (“Fry bread is art/ Sculpture, landscape, portrait”), and community (“Fry bread is time/ On weekdays and holidays/ Supper or dinner/ Powwows and festivals”). In Kevin Noble Maillard’s Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, a family gathers to prepare a traditional Native American fry bread meal. Using brief statements that begin “fry bread is,” Maillard, who is a member of the Mekusukey band of the Seminole Nation tribe, creates a powerful meditation on the food as “a cycle of heritage and fortune.” In each spread, descriptions of fry bread range from the experiential ( flavor, sound) to the more conceptual ( nation, place). In Kevin Noble Maillard’s Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, a family gathers to prepare a traditional Native American fry bread meal.
