![]() The pictures themselves are bright and colorful illustrating Cassie as she floats among the stars and night sky. ![]() One night the rooftop (tar beach) of her family’s Harlem apartment building, her dreams come true when the stars lift her up, and she flies over the city, claiming the buildings and the city as her own. She has a dream, to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. I read to students her famed Tar Beach, a beautiful story quilt turned picture book, introduces readers to Cassie Louise Lightfoot. Ringgold an artist, she is an author and illustrator as well. ![]() We visited an exhibit of Ringgold’s quilts to look up close at the beautiful illustrations, vivid stories, and craftsmanship of her quilts. They became catalysts for a memoir unit with my middle school students in New York City. More than two decades I was introduced to Faith Ringgold’s gorgeous quilts. ![]()
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