TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bryan,Ashley
TI  - Beautiful blackbird
SN  - 0689847319
AV  - PZ8.1.B838 Bg 2003
U1  - 398.2 BRYE 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
KW  - Ila (African people)
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Zambia
KW  - sears
KW  - Africa
KW  - Birds
N1  - 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; 4.0; K-3; 540L; Lexile
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."
ER  -