Tar Beach p24-25
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Title
Tar Beach p24-25
Subject
Children's Literature
New York City
Unions
Quilts
Reading Rainbow
Description
These are two pages from Faith Ringgold's book Tar Beach, a story about a little girl from New York City who dreams of a better future, reachable by her imagination flying over the buildings of the city. She frankly describes the struggles of her family: her father who cannot join a builder's union because his father was not allowed to be a member, part of the history of racism in the unions and rights movements, her mother who works hard in the home and worries when her father is out all day every day looking for work in the winter. The little girl, Cassie Louise Lightfoot, imagines flying over the city and owning it, making life better for her parents, from their rooftop, Tar Beach.
Creator
Faith Ringgold
Publisher
Crown Publishers, Random House
Date
October 5, 1992 (Reading Rainbow airdate)
Contributor
Theodora Hannan
Format
Print
image/jpeg
Type
Children's literature
Table Of Contents
Pages 14 and 25
Date Created
March 12, 2017
Date Copyrighted
1991
Citation
Faith Ringgold, “Tar Beach p24-25,” Student Digital Gallery, accessed May 26, 2022, https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/student/items/show/10980.