![]() ![]() MAILLARD: Nothing about people alive that were wearing sneakers, that were eating candy, or making cakes with their grandma. ![]() But then when it came to finding books about Native people, it was so difficult.īREWER: Maillard had no trouble finding books about Thanksgiving or Pocahontas or Sacagawea. MAILLARD: I was looking for, like, African American books. So he wanted to find books that reflected his family. He's a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and his wife is Taiwanese. And so I wanted him to really love reading as much as I do, too.īREWER: Maillard is both black and Indigenous. KEVIN NOBLE MAILLARD: And I live in a Manhattan apartment so it's just, like, wall-to-wall books, floor to ceiling. GRAHAM LEE BREWER, BYLINE: In 2012, as he was expecting his first child, writer and Syracuse Law professor Kevin Noble Maillard was on the hunt for children's books. ![]() Graham Lee Brewer reports from Norman, Okla. In his debut children's book, called, "Fry Bread," Kevin Noble Maillard tries to change that. When Native American children read books, they do not often have chances to see people like them. ![]()
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