01427cam a2200373 4500 545743520 TxAuBib 020415s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2002005290 9780689847318 0689847319 DLC DLC KyLxBWI TxAuBib Bryan, Ashley. Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003. [34] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. Wilson's Children, June 2004. School Library Journal, January 2003. Book Links (A.L.A.), November 2006. Horn Book Starred, March 2003. Publisher's Weekly, November 2002. Booklist, January 2003. Horn Book, October 2003. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2003. Kirkus Review, December 2002. 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.". 4.0. K-3 Follett Library Resources. Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.7 0.5 66794. Coretta Scott King Award, 2004. Ila (African people) Folklore. Folklore Zambia.