Illustrator: Ashley Bryan
Genre: Picture Book
Subgenre: Traditional Literature
Themes: diversity, outer and inner beauty
Characters:
~Blackbird
~other birds
~Blackbird
~other birds
Awards:
~Coretta Scott King Award
Date of Publication: 2003
Publication Company: Atheneum Books for Younger Readers
Summary: In the beginning, all the birds had only one color and no patterns. They voted that Blackbird was the most beautiful bird of all, and begged him to paint their feathers black so that they could be beautiful too. Blackbird eventually assented and gave them the beautiful patterns that they have now, but not before Blackbird reminded them that true beauty comes from within.
Recommendation: This book would be good to use either for talking about folktales from around the world or for discussing inner and outer beauty.
~Coretta Scott King Award
Date of Publication: 2003
Publication Company: Atheneum Books for Younger Readers
Summary: In the beginning, all the birds had only one color and no patterns. They voted that Blackbird was the most beautiful bird of all, and begged him to paint their feathers black so that they could be beautiful too. Blackbird eventually assented and gave them the beautiful patterns that they have now, but not before Blackbird reminded them that true beauty comes from within.
Recommendation: This book would be good to use either for talking about folktales from around the world or for discussing inner and outer beauty.
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