An edition of Tar Beach (1991)

Tar Beach

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Cover of: Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold, Faith Ringgold, Faith Ringgold
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An edition of Tar Beach (1991)

Tar Beach

1st ed.

by and

  • ★★★★ 4.0 (2 ratings)
  • 39 Want to read
  • 6 Have read

A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name.

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Publisher
Crown Publishers
Language
English
Pages
32

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Subjects

African Americans Fiction Flight Juvenile fiction Desire African American folk art Intergenerational relations Liberty Children's stories African American girls Manners and customs City and town life Social life and customs African American families Prejudices Imagination Wishes Artists Home Dreams Historical Blacks 20th Century Coretta Scott King Award African American People & Places Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Social Themes Caldecott Medal 1000blackgirlbooks Children's fiction Flight, fiction Harlem (new york, n.y.), fiction African americans, fiction New York Times reviewed collectionID:caldecotthonor90 Vocabulary, juvenile literature Vocabulary award:Ezra_Jack_Keats_award award:Caldecott_award lexile:790 lexile_range:701-800 lexile_code:AD age:min:6 age:max:8 grade:min:Kindergarten grade:max:3

People

Faith Ringgold

Places

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.) Harlem (New York United States

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Cover of: Tar Beach
Tar Beach
1996, Crown Publishers
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Tar Beach
1991, Crown Publishers
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Caldecott Honor, 1992. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration. Reading Rainbow Feature Selection. A New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Parents' Choice Gold Award.

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New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[E]
Library of Congress
PZ7.R4726 Tar 1991, PZ7.R4726Tar 1991

The Physical Object

Pagination
[32] p.
Number of pages
32
Dimensions
32 x x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1879942M
ISBN 10
0517580306, 0517580314
ISBN 13
9780517580301, 9780517580318
LCCN
90040410
OCLC/WorldCat
22002688
LibraryThing
322173
Goodreads
1381824
7034916

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1859174W

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First Sentence

"I will always remember when the stars fell down around me and lifted me up above the George Washington Bridge."

Work Description

Cassie Louise Lightfoot, eight years old in 1939, 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 dream comes true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city. She claims the buildings as her own--even the union building, so her father won't have to worry anymore about not being allowed to join just because his father was not a member. 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 above the stars." This magical story resonates with a universal wish. Originally written by Faith Ringgold for her story quilt of the same name, Tar Beach is a seamless weaving of fiction, autobiography, and African-American history and literature. - Author website.

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