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The Resource Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold
Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold
Resource Information
The item Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 14 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 14 library branches.
- 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 story of the same name
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Note
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780517580318
- Label
- Tar Beach
- Title
- Tar Beach
- Statement of responsibility
- Faith Ringgold
- Subject
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- African American families
- African American families -- Juvenile fiction
- African American folk art
- African American folk art -- Juvenile fiction
- African American girls
- African American girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Artists
- Artists -- United States
- Children's stories
- Children's stories
- City and town life
- City and town life -- Juvenile fiction
- Desire
- Desire -- Juvenile fiction
- Dreams
- Dreams -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Flight
- Flight -- Juvenile fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Home
- Home -- Juvenile fiction
- Imagination
- Imagination -- Juvenile fiction
- Intergenerational relations
- Intergenerational relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Liberty
- Liberty -- Juvenile fiction
- Manners and customs
- New York (State) -- New York | Harlem
- Prejudices
- Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction
- United States
- Wishes
- 1900 - 1999
- Wishes -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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 story of the same name
- Awards note
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- Coretta Scott King Award, Honor, illustrator, 1992.
- Caldecott Honor Book, 1992.
- Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Book Award, 1993.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ringgold, Faith
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African American girls
- African American families
- Flight
- Wishes
- Intergenerational relations
- Desire
- Liberty
- Dreams
- Imagination
- Prejudices
- Home
- City and town life
- African American folk art
- Artists
- Children's stories
- African American families
- African American folk art
- African American girls
- Artists
- Children's stories
- City and town life
- Desire
- Dreams
- Flight
- Home
- Imagination
- Intergenerational relations
- Liberty
- Manners and customs
- Prejudices
- Wishes
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- United States
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold
- Note
- 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
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm22002688
- Dimensions
- 32 cm
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780517580318
- Lccn
- 90040410
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- Label
- Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold
- Note
- 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
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm22002688
- Dimensions
- 32 cm
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9780517580318
- Lccn
- 90040410
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
Subject
- African American families
- African American families -- Juvenile fiction
- African American folk art
- African American folk art -- Juvenile fiction
- African American girls
- African American girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Artists
- Artists -- United States
- Children's stories
- Children's stories
- City and town life
- City and town life -- Juvenile fiction
- Desire
- Desire -- Juvenile fiction
- Dreams
- Dreams -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Flight
- Flight -- Juvenile fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Home
- Home -- Juvenile fiction
- Imagination
- Imagination -- Juvenile fiction
- Intergenerational relations
- Intergenerational relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Liberty
- Liberty -- Juvenile fiction
- Manners and customs
- New York (State) -- New York | Harlem
- Prejudices
- Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction
- United States
- Wishes
- 1900 - 1999
- Wishes -- Juvenile fiction
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Francis A. Gregory LibraryBorrow it3660 Alabama Ave. SE, Washington, DC, 20020, US38.8648665 -76.9542163
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Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial LibraryBorrow it901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, US38.8986949 -77.0247823
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Petworth LibraryBorrow it4200 Kansas Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20011, US38.9421922 -77.02614299999999
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Shepherd Park (Juanita E. Thornton) LibraryBorrow it7420 Georgia Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20012, US38.9803141 -77.026951
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Tenley-Friendship LibraryBorrow it4450 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20016, US38.9476208 -77.0799279
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Shaw (Watha T. Daniel) LibraryBorrow it1630 7th St. NW, Washington, DC, 20001, US38.9123733 -77.022493
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