Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan.
2003
CMC PZ8.1.B838 Bg 2003 (Mapit)
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Title
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0689847319
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2003]
Copyright
©2003
Language
English
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Call Number
CMC PZ8.1.B838 Bg 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
398.2 /096894/04528 E
Summary
In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."
Note
"Adapted from a tale from 'The Ila-speaking people from Northern Rhodesia' (now known as Zambia) by Edwin W. Smith and Andrew M. Dale. University Books: New Hyde Park, New York, 1968. vol. 2, pp. 350-51"--Colophon.
Audience
540L Lexile
Awards
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, 2004.
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