Tom Feelings has received numerous awards for his art in books. In 1972, he was the first African-American artist to win a Caldecott Honor, for MOJA MEANS ONE: Swahili Counting Book, and in 1975 he won a second Caldecott Honor for JAMBO MEANS HELLO: Swahili Alphabet Book, both written by Muriel Feelings. Mr. Feelings taught art at the University of South Carolina. It was during that time he published perhaps his best-known work, THE MIDDLE PASSAGE, which won the 1996 Coretta Scott King Award. Mr. Feelings was working on finishing his last picture book, I SAW YOUR FACE, a collaboration with the poet Kwame Dawes, not long before his death in 2003.

Books by Tom Feelings

The Middle Passage: White Ships / Black Cargo

Written by Tom Feelings with an introduction by Kadir Nelson, Sylviane A. Diouf, and Kamili Feelings - African American Interest, History, Nonfiction, Young Adult 13+