So I naively thought, “I’ll just write my own.” As if it is as simple as that! Connie very politely declined my first draft of Fry Bread, which I can only describe as “bouncy.” She told me to circle back with something “deeper, more poetic, and a touch more abstract.” And that’s what I did.Īre there picture books you especially love for yourself as an adult? As a parent?
Where were the lullaby books, the I-love-my-dog tales, the Golden Rule books about Native people? I found a few books for young children by Julie Flett and Cynthia Leitich Smith, but I knew there could be more. Most were written by non-Natives, and all were about people that lived long ago, like some mythical vanished community. My oldest son was two years old, and I was having a hard time finding contemporary books about Native kids that weren’t about Thanksgiving or Pocahontas. I first approached Connie Hsu with an idea for a board book. How did Fry Bread come about? Did you begin with this expansive, universal idea for the book? 22) is his first book for children he recently discussed the book, which has illustrations by Juana Martinez-Neal, with Kirkus Reviews. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (Roaring Brook, Oct. He is originally from Oklahoma and is a member of the Seminole Nation, Mekusukey Band. Kevin Noble Maillard is a professor of law at Syracuse and writes for the New York Times and The Atlantic.
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