Native North American Food and Recipes

by Kathryn Smithyman and Bobbie Kalman

Readers will be fascinated by the wide variety of foods that the early Native peoples hunted, gathered, and grew. They will also be amazed to learn that many of the foods they now eat were introduced by Native North Americans. This interesting book also includes Native cooking styles and several recipes inspired by the many Native nations throughout North America. Kids will find the recipes easy to follow and will love tasting Native foods and flavors! Beautiful images and clear text teach children
• how Native people respected Nature’s gifts and celebrated the foods they were given
• how some foods such as maple sugar, wild rice, and corn were gathered and cultivated
• how Native people preserved and cooked foods

Ages 8-12