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Beautiful blackbird
Title
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan.
ISBN
0689847319
9780689847318
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2003]
Copyright Notice Date
©2003
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 3125: Dust jacket. From the library of Leonard S. Marcus.
Notes
"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.
"Book design by Abelardo Martinez. The text of this book is set in Matrix. The illustrations are rendered in paper collage"--Colophon.
Color illustrated lining papers.
Illustrated title page.
Number line on colophon indicates 1st printing: "2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1".
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2004.
Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 2004.
Summary
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."
Other formats
Online version: Bryan, Ashley. Beautiful blackbird. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ©2003
Online version: Bryan, Ashley. Beautiful blackbird. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ©2003
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 21, 2020
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Folklore - Zambia.
Picture books.
Folklore.
Picture books.
Dust jackets (Binding) - 2003.
Folk tales - 2003.
Juvenile literature.
Also listed under
Leonard S. Marcus Collection of Children's Literature (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
United States New York (State) New York.
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