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.
Awards won: Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Winning Author
Date read: 7/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0689847319
ISBN-13: 9780689847318
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