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Tar Beach
Tar Beach
Author: Faith Ringgold
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 Part autobiographical, part fictional, this allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-America...  more »
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780517885444
ISBN-10: 0517885441
Publication Date: 12/3/1996
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 2
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It was a good book with good illustrations but there are parts inappropriate for youngsters.


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