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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1991-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Crown Publishers Inc
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
9780517580301
Lexile
AD790
Themes
freedom
imagination 

Tar Beach

Written by Faith Ringgold
The story takes place in 1939, and 9-year-old Cassie Lightfoot wants to be free to leave her Harlem apartment and go wherever she wants. While picnicking on the tar beach (the rooftop of her apartment building) she imagines that the stars pick her so she can fly over New York. In her imagination, she takes ownership of her world.
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Author Faith Ringgold Reads Tar Beach

Tar Beach author Faith Ringgold reads aloud from her 1991 book Tar Beach. Listen and follow along to...
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Tar Beach: Word Search

After reading Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold use this printable and interactive Word Search puzzle to...
MY FAVORITES
Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
1991-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Crown Publishers Inc
Grade Level
K - 3rd
ISBN
9780517580301
Lexile
AD790
Themes
freedom
imagination 
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