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Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
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Tar Beach

by Faith Ringgold

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Type: Intermediate Picture Book, Genre: Fantasy, Illustrations: Painted

This book is about a little African-American girl who dreams of making her life better for her family. She wants her daddy to be at the top of the world and have the best job. The story shows the hope and the dreams that the little girl has.

Great for any age student.
  cdswindle | Nov 22, 2009 |
This is a great book to introduce to children when they think their dreams are impossible to meet. It is a great inspiration book and shows how your imagination can take you anywhere.

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  sadaniels | Oct 27, 2009 |
This book is about a family who is poor and a little girl with an imagination. They always go up on the rooftop and she dreams of owning whatever she wants and having whatever they need. She flies through the stars to reach her dreams.
  mmburks | Oct 27, 2009 |
Tar Beach is about a young girl who lays on the roof of her building and lets her imagination soar.
  aelambert | Sep 22, 2009 |
Tar beach was magical. She could imagine flying over her home, and seeing the George Washington Bridge. She could imagine seeing the bridge and flying over it everyday. She wants to help her Dad join the Union. She does not care if he is black or white. She is going to fly over and buy it for him. This is a great book about make believe, and changing your life so it will be easy. This is a great book for the imagination. ( )
  Katie20 | Sep 16, 2009 |
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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 Part autobiographical, part fictional, this allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture.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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