The overlapping collage images fill the pages with energy as the songlike responses of the birds tap out a rhythm punctuated with 'uh-huhs. "Using a more vivid palette than usual, Bryan employs boldly colored, cut-paper artwork to dramatize the action. Although Black-bird warns them that true beauty comes from within, the other birds persist and soon each is given a ring of black around their neck or a dot of black on their wings- markings that detail birds to this very day.Ĭoretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan's adaptation of a tale from the Ila-speaking people of Zambia resonates both with rhythm and the tale's universal meanings- appreciating one's heritage and discovering the beauty within. : Beautiful Blackbird (Coretta Scott King Award - Illustrator Winner Title(s)) (9780689847318) by Bryan, Ashley and a great selection of similar. The other birds, who were colored red, yellow, blue, and green, were so envious that they begged Blackbird to paint their feathers with a touch of black so they could be beautiful too. Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in the forest.
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