TITLE: Beautiful Blackbird
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Ashley Bryan
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
PUBLICATION
DATE: 2003
AWARDS: Coretta Scott King Award
GENRE: Traditional Non European Picture Book
READING
LEVEL: 2nd Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A long time ago in Africa, the birds were all colors except for one Blackbird. All of the other birds begged him to paint black on them to be beautiful like him.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will design a bird that they think is beautiful.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Caroline Harvey Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: Africa, beauty, picture book
