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Tar Beach

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ringgold, Faith
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Crown Publishers, 1996, c1991.
Edition:	1st Dragonfly Books ed.
Subjects:	African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Caldecott honor book. Coretta Scott King Award.
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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 painting of the same name.
Item Description:	"Dragonfly books."
Physical Description:	[32] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Audience:	K-3
Awards:	Caldecott Medal/Honor Coretta Scott King Award, 1992
ISBN:	0517885441 (pbk.) 0329121073 9780517885444 0758753527 9780329121075 9780758753526
Author Notes:	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. Her other picture books include Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky, My Dream of Martin Luther King, Cassie's Word Quilt, and We Came to America. Learn more about Faith at faithringgold.com