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Tar Beach  Cover Image Book Book

Tar Beach

Ringgold, Faith (author.).

Summary: 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 story of the same name.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0517580306
  • ISBN: 9780517580301
  • ISBN: 0517580314
  • ISBN: 9780517580318
  • ISBN: 0517599619
  • ISBN: 9780517599617
  • ISBN: 0517885441
  • ISBN: 9780517885444
  • Physical Description: print
    32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Crown Publishers, Inc., [1991]
  • Badges:
    • Top Circs: 3 / 5.0
    • Most Copies: 5 / 5.0

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Art techniques used: Vibrant paintings in the native style of african american folk art. Includes swatches of fabric pointing to the quilt story it's based on.
Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King Award, Honor, illustrator, 1992.
Caldecott Honor Book, 1992.
Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Book Award, 1993.
Subject: African American girls Juvenile fiction
African American families Juvenile fiction
Flight Juvenile fiction
Wishes Juvenile fiction
Intergenerational relations Juvenile fiction
Desire Juvenile fiction
Liberty Juvenile fiction
Dreams Juvenile fiction
Imagination Juvenile fiction
Prejudices Juvenile fiction
Home Juvenile fiction
City and town life Juvenile fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs 20th century Juvenile fiction
African American folk art Juvenile fiction
Artists United States
Children's stories
African Americans Fiction
Flight Fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction
African American families
African American folk art
African American girls
Artists
Children's stories
City and town life
Desire
Dreams
Flight
Home
Imagination
Intergenerational relations
Liberty
Manners and customs
Prejudices
Wishes
New York (State) New York Harlem
United States
Genre: Children's stories.
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winners.
Reading Rainbow book.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Children's stories.
Authors' autographs (Provenance) -- Ringgold -- 1991.
Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 1991.

Currently available copies

  • 151 out of 156 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
  • 10 out of 10 copies are currently available at Flint River Regional Library System. (Show)
  • 2 out of 2 copies are currently available at Peachtree City Library.

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  • 0 current holds on 156 total copies.
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Flint River Regional Library System:
      Peachtree City Library
JE RINGGOLD FAITH ( Send Text)
31022002158274 EASY-RDR Available
Flint River Regional Library System:
      Peachtree City Library
JE RINGGOLD FAITH ( Send Text)
31022002158316 EASY-RDR Available

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