Cassie Lightfoot, a black girl growing up in Harlem in the 1930s, has a dream--to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life.
A practical and stunningly beautiful book.--(starred) Horn Book..
Children will delight in the universal dream of mastering one\'s world by flying over it.
The spectacular artwork resonates with color and texture.
Part autobiographical, part fictional, this allegorical tale sparkles with symbolic and historical references central to African-American culture.
Ringgold recounts the dream adventure of eight-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot, who flies above her apartment-building rooftop, the \'tar beach\' of the title, looking down on 1939 Harlem. in full color.
Illus.
Full-color illustrations.
The stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming everything she sees as her own.
One night, up on Tar Beach--the rooftop of her family\'s apartment building--her dream comes true.
Cassie Lightfoot, a black girl growing up in Harlem in the 1930s, has a dream--to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life
