TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bryan,Ashley
TI  - Beautiful Blackbird
SN  - 0-689-84731-9
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
KW  - Ila
KW  - folklore
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Zambia
KW  - Multicultural literature
KW  - Africa
N1  - Winner of the 2004 Coretta Scott King Award
N2  - In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Balckbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."
ER  -