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Tar Beach Pictorial hard cover. - 1991
by Faith Ringgold
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
Cassie Lightfoot, a black girl growing up in Harlem in the 1930s, 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 apartment building--her dream comes true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming everything she sees as her own. Full-color illustrations.
Description
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Details
- Title Tar Beach
- Author Faith Ringgold
- Binding Pictorial hard cover.
- Edition 1st
- Condition Used - Fine
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House Children's Books, New York
- Date 1991-01-16
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # bc1401448
- ISBN 9780517580301 / 0517580306
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 12.2 x 9.5 x 0.6 in (30.99 x 24.13 x 1.52 cm)
- Ages 05 to 08 years
- Grade levels K - 3
- Reading level 660
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Self-Esteem
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90040410
- Dewey Decimal Code E
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Citations
- ALA Best Books Young Adults, 01/01/1992, Page 1367
- Booklist, 02/01/1992, Page 1037
- Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/1992, Page 875
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/1991, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 12/07/1990, Page 0
- School Library Journal, 02/01/1991, Page 0