Tar Beach
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Illus. in full color. “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 Part autobiographical, part fictional, this allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture.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.”–(starred) Horn Book.
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Faith Ringgold was born in Harlem, but now divides her time between New Jersey and La Jolla, California. She is a professor of fine art at the University of California at San Diego, where she teaches for half of the year.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780517885444
- Publication Date
- December 3, 1996
- Publisher
- Dragonfly Books
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 16
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 5 - 8 years
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~511L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.4
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 6144
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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