Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
	List Price:   $18.99 Unit Price:   $15.19 You Save:   $3.80 (20%) ISBN-10:   0517580314 ISBN-13:   9780517580318 Publisher:   Random House [IN]; Crown Books for Young Readers Edition:   illustrated Category:   Beginning Readers Pub. Date:   January 1991 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; Library binding Ages:   4 to 8 Grades:   ps to 3
Awards
1992  Caldecott Medal  Nominee/Honoree  1991  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  1991  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  1987  Bluegrass Award  Winner!  1988  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Illus. in full color. 'Ringgold recounts the dream adventure of eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot, who flies above her apartment-building rooftop, the 'tar beach' of the title, looking down on 1939 Harlem. Part autobiographical, part fictional, this allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture. The spectacular artwork resonates with color and texture. Children will delight in the universal dream of mastering one's world by flying over it. A practical and stunningly beautiful book.'--(starred) Horn Book. Ringgold has fashioned a poignant fictional story about eight-year-old Cassie, who dreams that she can claim the George Washington Bridge (and freedom and wealth) by soaring above the city. A Caldecott Honor Book. A Coretta Scott King Award Book. An ALA Notable Book. 'New York Times' Best Illustrated Book. Full color. Copyright ? Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. 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. An effusion of good spirits pour forth from this story of wishfulness. From the tar paper-covered roof of their Harlem apartment building-they call it Tar Beach-Cassie's family while away summer hours. She dreams of flying out over the city, and the scenes of her exultation are composed of arresting perspectives and angular, distant cityscapes. A little girl on the rooftop of her apartment building dreams of soaring over New York City.