Tar Beach
by Faith Ringgold
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- Grade
- PK-6
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1991
Word Count 503
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 660L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 6144, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Flight--Fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Flight
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Faith Ringgold about Tar Beach
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 5
![Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024](/images/list_image/2665.jpg)
Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024
Author Winner, 1993
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Winner, 1992
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Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2024
Honor, 1992
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Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2023
Selection, 1991
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CCBC Choices
Selection, 1991
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