Tar Beach
Trade paperback picture book in good condition. Ages 6-11.
“All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”
Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamlessly weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherished for generations.
Cassie Louise Lightfoot has to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own.
Trade paperback picture book in good condition. Ages 6-11.
“All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”
Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamlessly weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherished for generations.
Cassie Louise Lightfoot has to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own.
Trade paperback picture book in good condition. Ages 6-11.
“All you need is somewhere to go you can’t get to any other way. The next thing you know, you’re flying among the stars.”
Acclaimed artist Faith Ringgold seamlessly weaves fiction, autobiography, and African American history into a magical story that resonates with the universal wish for freedom, and will be cherished for generations.
Cassie Louise Lightfoot has to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on “tar beach,” the rooftop of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true. The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own.
ISBN 978-0-517-88544-4
Faith Ringold
1991
Coretta Scott King Award Winner