Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan

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This beautiful book was written by Ashley Byan. It is as one of book references for the children to learn about and to be proud of their skin color.

Summary

Ashley Bryan draws his story from a folk tale from Zambia and tells it as if speaking in an oral tradition to an audience. This powerful story about finding beauty within can be read on different levels from black is beautiful, generosity, individuality, and the power of art. [1]

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 black so they could be beautiful too. Although Black-bird warns them that true beauty comes from within, the other birds persist and soon each is given a ring of black around their neck or a dot of black on their wings—markings that detail birds to this very day. [2] 

Pros

One of online site gave a very nice review about this book. The book theme is a celebration of diversity, uniqueness, and individual beauty, the story invites readers to reflect in-depth and value their own inner beauty and differentness. The illustrations in this book correlate well with the theme of the story because they are colorfully appealing with bright and bold colors. The cutouts of the birds are all the colors of the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, and black, which once again stresses the message that different is beautiful. The illustrations are also accurate portrayals of the African culture because the environment is depicted with cutouts of trees and a lake and the dances are pictured with the birds dancing around in a circle like traditional African dances. Afterall, it is very highly recommend for this book to be read to all young children so that they can learn that beauty comes from the inside and that what makes them different makes them beautiful and be proud of themselves. [3]

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