A tale from the Ila-speaking people of Zambia gets new life in this picture book adaptation from Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan about appreciating one’s heritage and discovering the beauty within.
Black is beautiful, uh-huh Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in the forest. The other birds, who were colored red, yellow, blue, and green, were so envious that they begged Blackbird to paint their feathers with a touch of black so they could be beautiful too. Although Black-bird warns them that true beauty comes from within, the other birds persist and soon each is given a ring of black around their neck or a dot of black on their wings–markings that detail birds to this very day.Author: Ashley Bryan
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/01/2003
Series: Coretta Scott King Award – Illustrator Winner Title(s)
Pages: 40
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 10.60h x 9.80w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780689847318
Language: English
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