Beautiful blackbird /
Bryan, Ashley,
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
"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. "Book design by Abelardo Martinez. The text of this book is set in Matrix. The illustrations are rendered in paper collage"--Colophon. Color illustrated lining papers.
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."
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2004. Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 2004.
0689847319 9780689847318
2002005290
Ila (African people)--Folklore--Juvenile literature.
Birds--Folklore--Juvenile literature.
Folklore--Zambia--Juvenile literature.
Zambia--Folklore.
Folk tales.
Picture books.
Illustrated works.
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan. - First edition. - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
"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. "Book design by Abelardo Martinez. The text of this book is set in Matrix. The illustrations are rendered in paper collage"--Colophon. Color illustrated lining papers.
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."
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2004. Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 2004.
0689847319 9780689847318
2002005290
Ila (African people)--Folklore--Juvenile literature.
Birds--Folklore--Juvenile literature.
Folklore--Zambia--Juvenile literature.
Zambia--Folklore.
Folk tales.
Picture books.
Illustrated works.