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Beautiful Blackbird Poetry American and the help of hisA tale from the Ila speaking people of Zambia gets new life in this picture book adaptation from Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan about appreciating ones heritage and discovering the beauty within. Black is beautiful, uh huh! Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in the forest. The other birds, who were colored red, yellow, blue, and green, were so envious that they begged Blackbird to paint their feathers with a touch of