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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Published: Dec 1996
Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Social Issues - Self-esteem & Self-reliance
Retail Price: $8.99
Ages: 04 - 08 Pages: 32
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and historical references central to African-American culture.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.