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Tar beach
Author: Ringgold, Faith

Publisher: Dragonfly Books (1996)

Classification: Easy
Physical Description: [32] p., col. ill., 31 cm.

BTSB No: 754516

ISBN: 9780517580301

Ages: 5-8

Grades: K-3

Subjects:
African Americans -- Fiction
Flight -- Fiction
Dreams -- Fiction
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction

Price: $7.37

Summary:
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 painting of the same name.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: LG
   Reading Level: 3.40
   Points: .5   Quiz: 6144

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: K-2
   Reading Level: 2.90
   Points: 1.0   Quiz: 11252

Awards:
Caldecott Honor, 1992
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, 1992

Reviews:
School Library Journal (00/02/91)
The Hornbook (00/05/91)

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