TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bryan,Ashley
TI  - Beautiful blackbird
SN  - 0689847319
AV  - JUV PZ 8.1 .B838 Bg 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
KW  - Ila (African people)
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Zambia
KW  - Juvenile materials
KW  - local
N1  - "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
N2  - 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."
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon052/20020052 90.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon052/2 002005290.html
ER  -