TY - BOOK AU - Bryan,Ashley TI - Beautiful blackbird SN - 0689847319 AV - PZ8.1.B838 Bg 2003 U1 - 398.2/096894/04528 22 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Atheneum Books for Young Readers KW - Ila (African people) KW - Folklore KW - Zambia N1 - Wilson's Children, June 2004; School Library Journal, January 2003; Horn Book Starred, March 2003; Publisher's Weekly, November 2002; Booklist, January 2003; Horn Book, October 2003; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2003; Kirkus Review, December 2002; Multicultural Review, September 2003; 4.0; K-3; Follett Library Resources 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." ER -