Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold has won a Coretta Scott King Award. In this book a little girl named Cassie has a head full of dreams as she travels in her mind all over the city. She goes to places that literally she can only "dream of going." The art work, drawn in quilt style, is so detailed and captures the dreams of Cassie's adventures. The illustrations are eye catching and original. The book has a special message about dreaming and also equality. The title is special to the story because it's where Cassie goes to dream, on the roof of the building that she lives in. Cassie spends her time there dreaming. The author does an excellent job of showing the reader Cassie's imagination and takes you on the trip with her through the city. The book is a work of art in itself.

Ringgold, Faith (1991). Tar Beach. New York: Dragonfly Books.