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Readers who finished Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Diversity & Multicultural, African American & Black, People & Places, and Family.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Tar Beach.

Plátanos Go with Everything/Los Plátanos Van Con Todo Bilingual English-Spanish — Lissette Norman

Plátanos Go with Everything/Los Plátanos Van Con Todo Bilingual English-Spanish

Lissette Norman

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Shady Baby — Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Ruby’s Reunion Day Dinner — Angela Dalton

Ruby’s Reunion Day Dinner

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

The Last Last-day-of-summer — Lamar Giles

The Last Last-day-of-summer

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Etta Extraordinaire — Roda Ahmed

Etta Extraordinaire

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Joyful, Joyful 20 Stories by BRILLIANT Black Creators from Around the World — Dapo Adeola

Joyful, Joyful 20 Stories by BRILLIANT Black Creators from Around the World

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

We are Family — LeBron James

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Shot Clock — Caron Butler

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Partly Cloudy — Tanita S. Davis

Tanita S. Davis

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Who Are Your People? — Bakari Sellers

Who Are Your People?

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Hands On! — Anne Wynter

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Amari and the Great Game — B. B. Alston

Amari and the Great Game

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Where the Rhythm Takes You — Sarah Dass

Where the Rhythm Takes You

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Me and the Family Tree — Carole Boston Weatherford

Me and the Family Tree

Carole Boston Weatherford

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

These Hands — Margaret H. Mason

Margaret H. Mason

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

After the Shot Drops — Randy Ribay

After the Shot Drops

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

I’m Proud of You — Craig Melvin

I’m Proud of You

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Like Sisters on the Homefront — Rita Williams-Garcia

Like Sisters on the Homefront

Rita Williams-Garcia

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

A Long Walk to Water Based on a True Story — Linda Sue Park

A Long Walk to Water Based on a True Story

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Not Quite Snow White — Ashley Franklin

Not Quite Snow White

Ashley Franklin

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Shady Baby Feels A First Book of Emotions — Gabrielle Union

Shady Baby Feels A First Book of Emotions

Gabrielle Union

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Let the Children March — Monica Clark-Robinson

Let the Children March

Monica Clark-Robinson

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Summer in Savannah — Christine Platt

Summer in Savannah

Christine Platt

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Something to Say — Lisa Moore Ramée

Something to Say

Lisa Moore Ramée

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • African American & Black • People & Places

Fans of Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold will find 24 titles here, all united by Diversity & Multicultural, African American & Black, People & Places. Authors represented include Lissette Norman, Gabrielle Union, Angela Dalton, Lamar Giles, and others.

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