Beautiful blackbird /
Bryan, Ashley.
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan. - p. : col. ill ; 28 cm.
Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal, January 2003. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Horn Book Starred, March 2003. Publisher's Weekly, November 2002. Booklist, January 2003. Horn Book, October 2003. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2003. Kirkus Review, December 2002.
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.".
4.0 K-3 540L Lexile
Coretta Scott King Award, 2004.
0689847319 9780689847318 9781481480307
2002005290
Ila (African people)--Folklore.
Folklore--Zambia.
Ila (African people)--Folklore.
Folklore--Zambia.
Folklore--Africa.
Birds--Folklore.
PZ8.1.B838 / Bg 2003
398.2 BRY E
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan. - p. : col. ill ; 28 cm.
Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal, January 2003. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Horn Book Starred, March 2003. Publisher's Weekly, November 2002. Booklist, January 2003. Horn Book, October 2003. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2003. Kirkus Review, December 2002.
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.".
4.0 K-3 540L Lexile
Coretta Scott King Award, 2004.
0689847319 9780689847318 9781481480307
2002005290
Ila (African people)--Folklore.
Folklore--Zambia.
Ila (African people)--Folklore.
Folklore--Zambia.
Folklore--Africa.
Birds--Folklore.
PZ8.1.B838 / Bg 2003
398.2 BRY E