![]() This folktale also offers a great message for all children: “‘Color on the outside is not what’s on the inside.’” Blackbird further tells them “‘You don’t act like me. The textual rhythm and rhyme make this folktale a perfect read-aloud, and even interactive story time with the various dances included throughout including “Wing Dance,” “Show Claws Slide,” “Sun-up Dance,” and “Sun-down Dance.” These would offer great opportunities for children to participate in the story telling and take ownership for the story. After being painted with some black all the birds felt just as beautiful as Blackbird.īryan’s rendition of this folktale from Africa does a superb job offering a sense of Africa. ![]() Eventually the birds ask Blackbird to share his black with them, which of course he does but not without reminding them it is their color on the inside that matters most. According to the folktale, the birds believed that Blackbird was the most beautiful because he reflected all the colors, when they only reflected one. ![]() ISBN 0689847319īased on an old Zambian folktale, Beautiful Blackbird tell the tale of how birds now have black mixed into the colors, when previously they only had one color. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ![]()
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