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Beautiful Blackbird

Written by: Ashley Bryan
Narrated by: Myra Lucretia Taylor
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Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan adapted this charming tale from a story told by the Ilaspeaking people of Zambia. All the birds in the forest are jealous of Blackbird, whose black feathers glisten and shine colorfully in the sunbeams. The other birds are a single color from head to foot, and none of them have even a spot of black on their feathers. Blackbird tells them that true color is on the inside, but still the birds long for black feathers. So Blackbird brews a batch of blackening to decorate all his friends.
©2003 Ashley Bryan (P)2007 Recorded Books, LLC

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