Bryan, Ashley. <br/><br/>
Beautiful blackbird / 
Ashley Bryan. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Atheneum Books for Young Readers,  c2003. 
 - 1 v. (unpaged) :  col. ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/> 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." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0689847319 :  $16.95 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002005290 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ila (African people)--Folklore.<br/>Folklore--Zambia.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ8.1.B838  / Bg 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>398.2 /096894/04528 E