01299cam a2200289 i 4500 1261863267 TxAuBib 020415s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002005290 9780689847318 0689847319 (OCoLC)2028 DLC DLC XFF OCLCQ BAKER BTCTA YDXCP IG# FTL IAD CS1 UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda Bryan, Ashley. Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan. First edition. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2003] ©2003. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier ""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. volume 2, pp. 350-51""--Colophon. 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."". Ila (African people) Folklore. Juvenile materials.