Title: Beautiful Blackbird
Author: Ashley Bryan
Illustrator: Ashley Bryan
Genre: Fiction Picture Book
Subgenre: Folktale
Theme: It is not what is on the outside that makes you beautiful, it is what is on the inside that matters.
Characters: Blackbird, Ringdove, and other African Birds
Awards: Coretta Scott King
Date of Publication: 2003
Publication Company: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
Summary: Based on an old Zambian folktale Beautiful Blackbird tells the story of how the birds of Africa used to be many bright colors. The only bird that had any black on his feathers was the blackbird. He was thought to be the most beautiful of all the birds.
Use in Classroom: This is a picture book that would be good to use to read aloud with elementary school students.
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