Beautiful Blackbird is written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan. It is the winner of a Coretta Scott King Award for its cut-paper art collage work in its array of colors, from maroon and pink to green, blue, orange, gold, and black. Beautiful Blackbird is the retelling of a traditional African tale of the people of Zimbia. The setting is long ago with all of the brightly colored birds of Africa, yet Blackbird wore the color black. The other birds thought he was the most beautiful, so they asked him to make blackening brew to mark them with his beautiful black. He agrees and reminds them how color is on the outside is not what it is on the inside. They are happy with their new markings, so the beautifully decorated birds sing Blackbird a song of praise.
Bryan, A. (2003). Beautiful blackbird. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
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