TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bryan,Ashley
TI  - Beautiful blackbird
SN  - 0689847319
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
KW  - Ila (African people)
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Birds
KW  - Zambia
KW  - Folk tales
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Picture books
KW  - Illustrated works
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; "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
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  -