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Beautiful blackbird

Title
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan.
Author
Bryan, Ashley.
Publication
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003.
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  • Schomburg Children's Collection.
  • Joyce B. Dinkins Children's Collection.
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 28 cm.
Summary
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."
Subject
  • Ila (African people) > Folklore
  • Folklore > Zambia
Note
  • "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.
Call Number
Sc F 04-264
ISBN
  • 0689847319
  • 9780689847318
LCCN
2002005290
OCLC
49727583
Author
Bryan, Ashley.
Title
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan.
Imprint
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003.
Edition
1st ed.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Added Author
Schomburg Children's Collection.
Joyce B. Dinkins Children's Collection.
Research Call Number
Sc F 04-264
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