The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Ringgold, Faith

Tar Beach: 25th Anniversary Edition

32 pp. | Crown | May, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-517-58030-1 $17.99
Reissue (1991)

(1) K-3 The book, originally created as a story quilt, recounts the dream adventure of eight-year-old Cassie, who flies above her apartment-building rooftop looking down on 1939 Harlem. The spectacular artwork, a combination of naive figures in a flattened perspective against a boldly patterned cityscape, resonates with color and texture. The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award–winning book is as stunningly beautiful twenty-five years later.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 1991