"Bread is the Head of Everything": The History, Traditions, and Symbolism of Bread

"BREAD IS THE HEAD OF EVERYTHING," "Without salt, without bread – half of the meal," "Without bread, even honey won't satisfy you" – this is how bread has been described in different times. People of various nationalities have always treated bread, their provider, with care and reverence. But how did bread appear? What is it made of, where does it grow? How is it baked, and what types of bread exist? Also, what names were given to bread? What historical events, bread-related traditions, and holidays are connected with the proud word BREAD?

All of this, dear readers, you can learn from the books at our exhibition "Bread is the Head of Everything" in the school library.

Learn more about it – simple, warm, and homey. And perhaps you will look at our daily BREAD with kinder and more curious eyes.

Literary Works:

K. Paustovsky – Warm Bread
E. Serova – Why, O Rye, Are You Golden?
N. Sladkov – The Titmice's Pantry
I. Tokmakova – Bread is the Head of Everything
S. Mikhalkov – The Bun (Collection of Poems)
V. Stepanov – Why Did the Pie's Sides Turn Brown? (Collection of Poems)
S. Pogorelsky – Bread. The Confectioner.
E. Stewart – Bakers (Collection of Poems)
M. Prishvin – The Fox’s Bread. The Golden Meadow.
A.N. Maykov – Haymaking. Night in the Harvest. (Collection of Poems)
Golden Sickles. A Russian Folk Tale.
The Peasant and the Bear. A Russian Folk Tale.
S. Yesenin – The Golden Grove Spoke… The Fields Are Reaped… (Collection of Poems)

Library Manager T.M. Chesnova