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Tar Beach

Title
  1. Tar Beach / Faith Ringgold.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Crown Publishers, Inc., [1991]
  2. ©1991
Supplementary content
  1. Publisher description
  2. Contributor biographical information
  3. Author/artist's web site
  4. Author/artist biographical information on Guggenheim Museum web site
Author
  1. Ringgold, Faith

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Additional authors
  1. Crown Publishers. pbl
Description
  1. 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 32 cm.
Summary
  1. A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt story of the same name.
Subject
  1. Dreams
  2. African American girls
  3. Home
  4. Wishes
  5. Intergenerational relations
  6. African American families
  7. African American folk art
  8. JUVENILE FICTION > Social Themes > Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
  9. Dreams > Juvenile fiction
  10. JUVENILE FICTION > People & Places > United States > African American
  11. Prejudices > Juvenile fiction
  12. 1900-1999
  13. New York (State) > New York > Harlem
  14. Fiction
  15. African American girls > Juvenile fiction
  16. Home > Juvenile fiction
  17. Flight > Juvenile fiction
  18. JUVENILE FICTION > Historical > United States > 20th Century
  19. Flight > Fiction
  20. Wishes > Juvenile fiction
  21. United States
  22. Intergenerational relations > Juvenile fiction
  23. Juvenile works
  24. Authors' autographs (Provenance) > Ringgold > 1991
  25. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction
  26. Children's stories
  27. Imagination > Juvenile fiction
  28. Liberty > Juvenile fiction
  29. Picture books
  30. Dust jackets (Bindings) > 1991
  31. African American families > Juvenile fiction
  32. African American folk art > Juvenile fiction
  33. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Juvenile fiction
  34. Artists > United States
  35. African Americans > Fiction
  36. Manners and customs
  37. City and town life > Juvenile fiction
  38. Desire > Juvenile fiction
Genre/Form
  1. Children's stories.
  2. Picture books.
  3. Fiction.
  4. Juvenile works.
  5. Authors' autographs (Provenance) – Ringgold – 1991.
  6. Dust jackets (Bindings) – 1991.
Call number
  1. Sc+ G 91-3
Note
  1. Art techniques used: Vibrant paintings in the native style of african american folk art. Includes swatches of fabric pointing to the quilt story it's based on.
Awards (note)
  1. Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 1992.
  2. Caldecott Honor Book, 1992.
  3. Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Book Award, 1993.
Author
  1. Ringgold, Faith, author.
Title
  1. Tar Beach / Faith Ringgold.
Publisher
  1. New York, NY : Crown Publishers, Inc., [1991]
Copyright date
  1. ©1991
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Awards
  1. Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 1992.
  2. Caldecott Honor Book, 1992.
  3. Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Book Award, 1993.
Connect to:
  1. Publisher description
  2. Contributor biographical information
  3. Author/artist's web site
  4. Author/artist biographical information on Guggenheim Museum web site
Chronological term
  1. 1900-1999
Added author
  1. Crown Publishers. Publisher
LCCN
  1. 90040410
ISBN
  1. 0517580306 (trade ; hardcover)
  2. 9780517580301 (trade ; hardcover)
Research call number
  1. Sc+ G 91-3
  2. Sc+ G 94-3
  3. JFG 92-446
  4. J PIC R
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