Beautiful Blackbird Audiobook

" this book was interesting the moment i looked at the cover. the first thing that came to my mind was the bird on the front looks like a reference of some symbol that is on anther book and maybe it has to have a meaning almost like it. well when i started to read the book i was amazed to learn that it talked about how each bird is different and how they came to receive their different colors and shapes. but in the long run i knew that the bird on the cover was just a picture and that there was no way the two books could be related so i took it from there and just kept on reading. Beautiful Blackbird was a favorite from the start i would recommend this book to all people who like to understand where and why almost everything is different and where creation is born. "

" bird, color, generous, gift, sharing "

" Very beautiful story. Great illustrations. Ashley Bryan is the author of Beautiful Blackbird and many other great picture books. "

" Lovely book about the source of true beauty "

" I had a hard time understanding if the author meant for the book to really just be about colors or if they were trying to convey a deeper meaning about uniqueness and individualism. Either way, I wasn't too impressed. "

" This is my all-time favorite book! In the beginning, the book gives the reader a taste of history from the perspective of Africa. Throughout the book, the blackbird is imitated by all the colored birds and they all want a hint of black on their feathers. Ringdove and blackbird give the birds black coloring but also teach the colored birds that they are special and unique as they are! This is something I realized as a child, although I wanted to be just like my sister I eventually realized that I was great being my own self. This book is perfect for a thematic unit because teachers can use the text to relate to multiple subjects and activities. For example, using math, the teacher can instruct students to count all the birds throughout the story! "

" A folktale from Rhodesia about how the crow became black. Ashley Bryan's bold, colorful illustrations were perfect for the story. "

" CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATOR (2004) "

" Tale from Zambia. Colorful illustrations (cut paper collage), rhythmic text. "

" Thought this would be a good book for the students that have a bad image about their skin color. It won an award calledCoretta Scott King Award. "

" It was cool that the pictures were cutouts, and when the colorful birds got black markings, they looked different. But I only really liked the pictures. I didn't really get the point of the story. "

" Ashley Bryan wrote and illustrated this book. It is 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'. "

" well dis book is about a bird dat is black and even though he is black everyone likes him for who he is.the other birds said that he is the most beautifull bird out there. "

" This is a book that just cries out to be read aloud. "Beak to beak, peck, peck, peck, Spread your wings, stretch your neck". The illustrations are unmatched, the story is attributed to the Ila people in the LOC notes. And that a mother's scissors could provide such inspiration! "

" Interesting twist on black bird. Some cultures think that black birds are good luck and beautiful. I personally like the colorful ones. The story is a good way to learn about sharing gifts. "