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PUBLISHED
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2003]
©2003
©2003
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0689847319 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Winner of the 2004 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
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."
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540L
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