Author Kevin Noble Maillard approaches this celebration of FRY BREAD with a focus on the senses and the history behind the favorite staple. Born of necessity when native tribes were forcibly moved, able to take little with them, fry bread was created with the items given by the U.S. government: flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and […]
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Fry Bread
November 23rd, 2020 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Family·Fry Bread·Juana Martinez-Neal·Kevin Noble Maillard·Native American·Picture Book·young readers
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
August 20th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo and I read this book together over the summer. I never expected how much I would enjoy the narrator, Oona, and how I’d be drawn into the plot. Now that we’re done, I can say without hesitation that The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook ranks among my favorite chapter books […]
Tags: Cats·Chapter Books·Death·Death of a Pet·Family·Grief·Humor·Joanne Rocklin·Older Elementary·Puberty
The House that Baba Built
July 1st, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL The House Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China is a beautiful tribute to author Ed Young’s father and childhood home as well as it is a window into his own childhood. Young’s illustrations are a delightful collage of photos, sketches, and cutouts housing his memories of his family during the […]
Tags: Asia·Autobiography·China·Depictions of Meat in Books·Early Elementary·Ed Young·Family·Fathers·History·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Picture Books·War