Beautiful blackbird
By: Ashley Bryan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Ila (African people) -- Folklore.; Folklore -- Zambia.
Genres: Folklore.
Description: 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."
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.