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Tar Beach

By Faith Ringgold

By Faith Ringgold

By Faith Ringgold

By Faith Ringgold

By Faith Ringgold

By Faith Ringgold

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Jan 16, 1991 | ISBN 9780517580301 | 5-8 years

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    About Tar Beach

    CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER • CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK

    Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherised for generations.

    Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own.

    As Cassie learns, anyone can fly. “All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”

    About Tar Beach

    CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER • CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK

    Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherised for generations.

    Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own.

    As Cassie learns, anyone can fly. “All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”

    About Tar Beach

    CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER • CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK

    Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamless weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherised for generations.

    Cassie Louise Lightfoot has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own.

    As Cassie learns, anyone can fly. “All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”

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    About Faith Ringgold

    Faith Ringgold is best known for her painted story quilts—art that combines painting, quilted fabric, and storytelling. Her first book, Tar Beach, was a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, among numerous other honors. She… More about Faith Ringgold

    About Faith Ringgold

    Faith Ringgold is best known for her painted story quilts—art that combines painting, quilted fabric, and storytelling. Her first book, Tar Beach, was a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, among numerous other honors. She… More about Faith Ringgold

    About Faith Ringgold

    Faith Ringgold is best known for her painted story quilts—art that combines painting, quilted fabric, and storytelling. Her first book, Tar Beach, was a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, among numerous other honors. She… More about Faith Ringgold

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Dragonfly Books
    Dec 03, 1996 | 32 Pages | 9-1/4 x 12 | 5-8 years | ISBN 9780517885444

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Jan 16, 1991 | 32 Pages | 9-1/4 x 12 | 5-8 years | ISBN 9780517580301

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Aug 18, 2020 | 32 Pages | 5-8 years | ISBN 9780593377864

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    Praise

    “This allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture…. A practical and stunningly beautiful book.”–Horn Book, starred review

    “The triumphant soaring of imagination over reality is beautifully expressed in Ringgold’s bold, vibrant paintings….Beautiful, innovative, and full of the joy of one unconquerable soul.” —Kirkus Reviews

    “Ringgold’s strong figures and flattened perspective bring a distinctive magic to this dreamy and yet wonderfully concrete vision, narrated in poetic cadences that capture the language and feel of flight.” —Publishers Weekly

    Awards

    Booklist Books for Youth Editors’ Choice WINNER 1991

    Caldecott Honor Book WINNER 1992

    Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award WINNER 1992

    Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book WINNER 1992

    Horn Book Fanfare WINNER 1991

    Library of Congress Children’s Books of the Year WINNER 1991

    National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) WINNER 1992

    New York Times Best Illustrated Book WINNER 1991

    New York Times Notable Book WINNER 1991

    Reading Rainbow Feature Books WINNER 1991

    School Library Journal Best Book of the Year WINNER 1991

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