Beautiful Blackbird
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A tale from the Ila-speaking people of Zambia gets new life in this picture book adaptation from Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan about appreciating one’s heritage and discovering the beauty within.
Black is beautiful, uh-huh!
Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in the forest. The other birds, who were colored red, yellow, blue, and green, were so envious that they begged Blackbird to paint their feathers with a touch of black so they could be beautiful too. Although Black-bird warns them that true beauty comes from within, the other birds persist and soon each is given a ring of black around their neck or a dot of black on their wings—markings that detail birds to this very day.
Beautiful Blackbird
By Ashley Bryan
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Black is beautiful, uh-huh!
Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in the forest. The other birds, who were colored red, yellow, blue, and green, were so envious that they begged Blackbird to paint their feathers with a touch of black so they could be beautiful too. Although Black-bird warns them that true beauty comes from within, the other birds persist and soon each is given a ring of black around their neck or a dot of black on their wings—markings that detail birds to this very day.
ISBN
9780689847318
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Pages
40 pages
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published
Jan 1, 2003
Language
en
Cover type
Hardcover
Book details
- Authors
- Ashley Bryan
- ISBN
- 9780689847318
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Published
- Jan 1, 2003
- Publication year
- 2003
- Pages
- 40
- Dimensions
- 10.5 in × 0.4 in × 9.5 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- CHILDREN'S FICTIONFOLKLORE_AFRICA