The New York Times Book Review described “Fry Bread” as a “wonderful and sweet book takes a staple food of many tribes across the country and uses it to think about family, history, memory and community. On the surface a simple food requiring minimal ingredients to create the fried dough, frybread has a complex history involving both pain and perseverance and is seen by some Indigenous peoples as a symbol of Native unity and pride.

The picture book depicts an intergenerational group of Native American family members and friends as they come together to make fry bread. The multi-award-winning children’s book “Fry Bread” uses powerful verse to tell an evocative story of family, history, culture and traditions.

Noble Maillard and Martinez-Neal also will speak in the atrium of the Wood County District Public Library on Saturday, March 25 at 10 a.m.

On Friday, March 24 at 5:30 p.m., In The Round welcomes Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal, author and illustrator of “Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story” for a free public lecture in Olscamp Hall Room 101. BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – In The Round, the region’s premier speaker series featuring Native American and Indigenous creatives, returns to Bowling Green State University this spring to feature a lecture and joint activity with the Wood County District Public Library.

Fry bread the book