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Title:

Tar beach [videorecording] / produced by Jill Gluckson ; directed by Mark Mannucci ; written by Jill Gluckson ; produced by Lancit Media Productions, Ltd. ; a production of GPN & WNED-TV.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

GPN Educational Media,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Television programs for children
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
African Americans--Fiction.
Roofs--New York.--New York.
Suspension bridges--New York.--New York.
Children--Books and reading.
Children's literature.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Mannucci, Mark, drt
Gluckson, Jill. aus aus
Burton, LeVar
Dee, Ruby.
Ringgold, Faith. Tar beach.
Lancit Media Productions.
Great Plains National Instructional Television library.
WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.)

Other Titles:

Reading rainbow (Television program)

Notes:

Based on the book of the same title. Hosted by LeVar Burton ; read by Ruby Dee.

Summary:

Host LeVar Burton introduces the book "Tar beach" by Faith Ringgold about a young girl's dream of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Also includes discussions about other activities on the rooftops of New York City, a suspension bridge in the city, and booktalks about "I'm flying" by Alan Wade, "To sleep" by James Sage, and "On Grandma's roof" by Erica Silverman.

Series:

Reading rainbow ; 81

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56044304

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)