TY - BOOK N2 - 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." AB - 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." T1 - Beautiful blackbird / DA - c2003. CY - New York : AU - Bryan, Ashley. ET - 1st ed. CN - PZ8.1.B838 CN - PZ8.1.B838 PB - Atheneum Books for Young Readers, PP - New York : PY - c2003. N1 - "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. ID - 274807 SN - 0689847319 TI - Beautiful blackbird / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon031/2002005290.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon031/2002005290.html ER -