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Tar Beach

Tar Beach

Penguin Random House

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"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 Part autobiographical, part fictional, this allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture.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."
—Horn Book.

  • Ideal for readers aged 5 to 8 years

About the Author

Faith Ringgold was born in Harlem in 1930. She received a degree in art education from the City College of New York and was an art teacher long before she became a professional artist. She is best known for her 'painted story quilts,' some of which hang in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Tar Beach, Ringgold's first book for children, won the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration and was named a Caldecott Honor Book. Ringgold is now a professor of art at the University of California at San Diego. She lives in California and in New Jersey.

Product Details

  • Product Type: Picture Book, Paperback
  • 32 pages, with 32 illustrations
  • Publication Date:
  • Shipping Dimensions: 12.0  × 9.25
    (30.5  × 23.5 cm)
  • Shipping Weight: 0.44 lb (7.0 oz; 198 g)
  • SKU010003559 | ISBN: 9780517885444

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