Tar Beach

Awards:   Winner of Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice 1991 Winner of Caldecott Honor Book 1992 Winner of Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 1992 Winner of Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator) 1992 Winner of Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book 1991
Author:   Faith Ringgold
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Edition:   Dragonfly Books ed
ISBN:  

9780517885444


Pages:   32
Publication Date:   03 December 1996
Recommended Age:   2-12
Format:   Paperback
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Awards

  • Winner of Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice 1991
  • Winner of Caldecott Honor Book 1992
  • Winner of Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 1992
  • Winner of Coretta Scott King Award (Illustrator) 1992
  • Winner of Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book 1991

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Author:   Faith Ringgold
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Random House USA Children's Books
Edition:   Dragonfly Books ed
Dimensions:   Width: 23.50cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 30.30cm
Weight:   0.187kg
ISBN:  

9780517885444


ISBN 10:   0517885441
Pages:   32
Publication Date:   03 December 1996
Recommended Age:   2-12
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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This allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture.... A practical and stunningly beautiful book.--Horn Book, starred review The triumphant soaring of imagination over reality is beautifully expressed in Ringgold's bold, vibrant paintings....Beautiful, innovative, and full of the joy of one unconquerable soul. --Kirkus Reviews Ringgold's strong figures and flattened perspective bring a distinctive magic to this dreamy and yet wonderfully concrete vision, narrated in poetic cadences that capture the language and feel of flight. --Publishers Weekly


Author Information

Faith Ringgold was born in Harlem in 1930. She received a degree in art education from the City College of New York and was an art teacher long before she became a professional artist. She is best known for her painted story quilts, some of which hang in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Tar Beach, Ringgold's first book for children, won the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration and was named a Caldecott honor Book. Her other picture books include Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky, My Dream of Martin Luther King, Cassie's Word Quilt, and We Came to America. Learn more about Faith at faithringgold.com

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