Bryan, Ashley.
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
"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.
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."
0689847319 : $16.95
2002005290
Ila (African people)--Folklore.
Folklore--Zambia.
PZ8.1.B838 / Bg 2003
398.2 /096894/04528 E
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
"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.
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."
0689847319 : $16.95
2002005290
Ila (African people)--Folklore.
Folklore--Zambia.
PZ8.1.B838 / Bg 2003
398.2 /096894/04528 E