Title:
Beautiful blackbird / Ashley Bryan.
ISBN:
9780689847318
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2003]
©2003
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
General Note:
"Adapted from a tale from 'The Ila-speaking people from Northern Rhodesia' (now known as Zambia) by Edwin W. Smith and Andrew M. Dale. University Books: New Hyde Park, New York, 1968. vol. 2, pp. 350-51"--Colophon.
"Book design by Abelardo Martinez. The text of this book is set in Matrix. The illustrations are rendered in paper collage"--Colophon.
Color illustrated lining papers.
Awards Note:
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2004.
Winner of Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator, 2004)
Summary:
In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.7 0.5 66794.
Reading Counts RC K-2 2.8 1 Quiz: 34593 Guided reading level: J.
Electronic Access:
Additional Information at Google BooksContributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon052/2002005290.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon052/2002005290.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon031/2002005290.html
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Audience:
Decoding demand: 56 (medium) Semantic demand: 67 (high) Syntactic demand: 89 (very high) Structure demand: 82 (very high) Lexile
Audience:
540L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm49727583
Availability:
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