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Tar Beach

Name: Tar Beach
Price: 18.99 USD
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Author: Faith Ringgold
ISBN: 9780517580301

Hardcover $18.99

Published on Jan 16, 1991 | 32 Pages

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Published on Jan 16, 1991 | 32 Pages

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CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNER • CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK • ONE OF THE ATLANTIC‘S 65 ESSENTIAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS

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 cherished 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.”

“This allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture….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

WINNER 1991 Booklist Books for Youth Editors’ Choice

WINNER 1992 Caldecott Honor Book

WINNER 1992 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award

WINNER 1992 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book

WINNER 1991 Horn Book Fanfare

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

WINNER 1992 National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA)

WINNER 1991 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

ISBN9780517580301

Published onJan 16, 1991

Published byKnopf Books for Young Readers

Pages32

Dimensions9-1/4 x 12

Age Range5-8 years

GradeGrades K-3

Reading LevelLexile: AD790L | Fountas/Pinnell: P

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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 has written and illustrated many children’s books.

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Age Range: 5-8 years

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Age Range: 5-8 years

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