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LIBRA PZ7.R4726 Tar 1991
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.R4726 Tar 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ringgold, Faith, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American girls--Juvenile fiction.
- African American girls.
- African American families--Juvenile fiction.
- African American families.
- Flight--Juvenile fiction.
- Flight.
- Wishes--Juvenile fiction.
- Wishes.
- Intergenerational relations--Juvenile fiction.
- Intergenerational relations.
- Desire--Juvenile fiction.
- Desire.
- Liberty--Juvenile fiction.
- Liberty.
- Dreams--Juvenile fiction.
- Dreams.
- Imagination--Juvenile fiction.
- Imagination.
- Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
- Prejudices.
- Home--Juvenile fiction.
- Home.
- City and town life--Juvenile fiction.
- City and town life.
- African American folk art.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
- African American folk art--Juvenile fiction.
- Artists--United States.
- Artists.
- United States.
- Children's stories.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Flight--Fiction.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
- Manners and customs.
- New York (State)--New York--Harlem.
- Genre:
- Picture books.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., [1991]
- 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.
- 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 painting of the same name.
- Notes:
- 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.
- Caldecott Honor Book, 1992.
- Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Book Award, 1993.
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Illustrator, Winner, 1992
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks. Copy 2 has a doll meant to represent the main character in the story, Cassie Louise Lightfoot.
- Banks Collection copies: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0517580306
- 9780517580301
- 0517580314
- 9780517580318
- 0517599619
- 9780517599617
- 0517885441
- 9780517885444
- 9780780768567
- 0780768566
- 0606109501
- 9780606109505
- OCLC:
- 22002688
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