Ringgold’s distinctive art form of the story quilt weaves together autobiography, African American history, fiction, painting, and quilt-making. The running border of vividly patterned squares of fabric is from the story quilt upon which this picture book is based.
She imagines herself flying over her neighborhood, claiming things she loves – making them hers just by flying over them: the George Washington bridge with its lights shining like a big diamond necklace the Union building, which she’ll give to her father since they won’t admit him for “being colored or a half breed, like they say” and the ice cream factory, so “we can have ice cream every night for dessert.” Ringgold’s dramatic Caldecott Honor winning paintings have a folk-art quality and show Cassie’s vision of her happy family, free from worry and want.
While lying on the tar beach on the rooftop of her Harlem apartment building, 8-year-old Cassie Louise Lightfoot dreams she can fly.
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