Tar Beach
by Faith Ringgold
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Picture Book
- 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
- 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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Audio Name Pronunciation with Faith Ringgold
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 11
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1
Awards & Distinctions 5

Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, 1986-2022
Author Winner, 1993

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2022
Illustrator Winner, 1992

Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2022
Honor, 1992

Best Illustrated Children’s Books, 1952-2022
Selection, 1991

CCBC Choices
Selection, 1991
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