The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real
“The Velveteen Rabbit” is a century-old story ...
The title of Tar Beach comes from a rooftop in the main character’s Harlem neighborhood. Laying on her hot tar roof, Cassie imagines that she flies above the city and claims it as her own. African-American history is seamlessly woven into this optimistic and allegorical tale.
Tar Beach is a Caldecott Honor book and won a Coretta Scott King Book Award in 1992.
Author(s): Faith Ringgold
Lexile: 790