Title-Beautiful Blackbird
Author-Ashley Bryan
Illustrator-Ashley Bryan
Genre- Fiction
Subgenre-Folklore
Theme-African people, nature,
beauty
Primary and secondary characters-Colorful
birds, blackbird
Date of publication-2003
Publishing company-Atheneum Books
for Young Readers
Brief summary-This story is based on an old Zambian folktale and tells how the birds of Africa used to be many bright colors. Only blackbirds were black and were thought to be the most beautiful. Soon all birds want to black, too. Blackbird decides to help paint all the birds black, but it is to teach them that color on the outside is not what makes you beautiful.
I would use this book to teach about racism and different ethnicity among people.
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