Tar Beach
Author: Faith Ringgold Category: Apartment Living and Shared Housing, Autobiographical Fiction, Black History, Elementary School, Imagination and Play, Preschool, Town and CIty Life Publisher: Random House Children's Books Country: United States Language: English Reading Age: Elementary School, Preschool More DetailsCORETTA 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 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.”
Tar Beach
Written by Faith Ringgold
Source: Publisher (Random House Children’s Books)
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