Beautiful Blackbird

Name: Beautiful Blackbird
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Ashley Bryan
ISBN: 9781428198692

Author: Ashley Bryan

Narrator: Myra Lucretia Taylor

Unabridged: 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/05/2007

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

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.

About Ashley Bryan

Ashley Bryan (1923–2022) grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he shared the joy of song with children. A beloved illustrator, he was named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, Freedom Over Me. He also received the Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, was a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include Freedom Over Me; Sail Away; Beautiful Blackbird; Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum; Let It Shine; Ashley Bryan’s Book of Puppets; and What a Wonderful World. He lived in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by LucyLui on February 18, 2021

Title - Beautiful Blackbird And Other Stories Author - Ashley Bryan Genre - Children's, Culture, Picture Book Age - Children Published - January 2003 Pages - 40 Pages Summary - Beautiful Blackbirds tells the story of how blackbirds were voted the most beautiful birds in the forest, the other birds with f......more

Goodreads review by Betty Jo on February 02, 2021

I saw Jason Reynolds talk about this author on his Instagram and how he paved the way for black authors to write for kids today so I had to pick something up from him. This was honestly so cute and hearing Ashley Bryan narrate them himself added to the charm.......more