Books written by Tom Feelings

  • Now Sheba Sings the Song
    Now Sheba Sings the Song

    A seamless collaboration between renowned Inaugural poet Maya Angelou and Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Tom Feelings, this intensely sensuous work combines verse with sepia-toned illustrations in a beautiful paean to Black...

  • The Middle Passage: White Ships/black Cargo
    The Middle Passage: White Ships/black Cargo

    A brutally frank and stunningly illustrated history of the slave trade shows the horrors of the middle passage, the tragic journey that captive Africans endured on their way to be sold as slaves in the New World.

  • Something on My Mind

    Poems expressing the hopes, fears, joys, and sorrows of growing up.

  • The Middle Passage: White Ships / Black Cargo
    The Middle Passage: White Ships / Black Cargo

    The Middle Passage focuses attention on the torturous journey which brought slaves from Africa to the Americas, allowing readers to bear witness to the sufferings of an entire people.

  • Soul Looks Back in Wonder

    In this compelling collection of words and pictures, thirteen major poets contribute poems to emotionally vivid portraits by artist Tom Feelings. An outstandingly beautiful and powerful book." --Kirkus Reviews