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Books with author Tom Feelings

  • Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book

    Muriel Feelings, Tom Feelings

    Paperback (Puffin Books, July 15, 1992)
    A companion to the Caldecott Honor Book Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book Jambo Means Hello introduces children to the Swahili alphabet with helpful pronunciation keys, while presenting East African culture and lifestyles through an easy-to-understand narrative and vivid illustrations. A Caldecott Honor Book* “A lyrical song of Swahili life.”—School Library Journal, starred review
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  • Soul Looks Back in Wonder

    Tom Feelings

    Hardcover (Dial, Nov. 1, 1993)
    A full-color, collaborative effort, featuring work by the artist for Jambo Means Hello and poetry by Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Walter Dean Myers, among others, passes the heritage of strength and creativity to today's young African Americans. Winner 1994 Coretta Scott King Book Award. BOMC.
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  • Tommy Traveller in the World of Black History

    Tom Feelings

    Paperback (Writers & Readers, Oct. 1, 1993)
    Tommy Traveler dreams himself into encounters with Phoebe Fraunces, Emmet Till, Aesop, Frederick Douglass, Crispus Attucks, and Joe Louis.
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  • Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book

    Muriel Feelings, Tom Feelings

    Paperback (Puffin Books, Aug. 15, 1992)
    A Caldecott Honor BookMoja Means One introduces children to counting in Swahili with helpful pronunciation keys, while presenting East African culture and lifestyles through an easy-to-understand narrative and vivid illustrations. “Magnificient, full-page drawings throb with the feeling of East African life.”—Child Study AssociationLook for the Caldecott Honor Book and companion title: Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book
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  • Tommy Traveller in the World of Black History

    Tom Feelings

    Hardcover (Writers & Readers, July 1, 1991)
    Tommy Traveler dreams himself into encounters with Phoebe Fraunces, Emmet Till, Aesop, Frederick Douglass, Crispus Attucks, and Joe Louis
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  • Black Pilgrimage

    Tom Feelings

    Hardcover (Lothrop Lee & Shepard, June 1, 1972)
    A black artist describes his life, from his birthplace in Brooklyn to his adopted home, Ghana, and how various experiences helped him develop new aspects of his talent.
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  • By Tom Feelings - The Middle Passage: White Ships/ Black Cargo

    Tom Feelings

    Hardcover (Dial, Dec. 26, 2000)
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  • Soul Looks Back in Wonder

    Various, Tom Feelings

    Paperback (Puffin Books, Jan. 1, 1999)
    "The selections are uniformly uplifting, with affirming messages about the heritage, strength and dreams of African Americans."—Publishers WeeklyIn this compelling collection of words and pictures, the voices of thirteen major poets, including Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Walter Dean Myers, rise in response to the dazzling vistas and emotionally vivid portraits of award-winning artist Tom Feelings. A unique and moving collaboration that celebrates the sustaining spirit of African creativity.
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  • Zamani Goes to Market

    Murier Feelings, Tom Feelings

    Paperback (Africa World Pr, Jan. 1, 1992)
    An Afrocentric kid that goes to the market.
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  • Moja Means One

    Muriel Feelings, Tom Feelings

    Hardcover (Dial, Jan. 1, 1971)
    The numbers one through ten in Swahili accompany two-page illustrations of various aspects of East African life.
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  • Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book

    Muriel L. Feelings, Tom Feelings

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2007-06-28, June 28, 2007)
    "The beautiful vision of African life in the text merely hints of the community breathtakingly captured in the illustrations. . . . The space has been filled with monumental figures that glorify the power and beauty of man."--Horn Book. Full color. Caldecott Honor Medal; ALA Notable Book.
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  • Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book

    Muriel L. Feelings, Tom Feelings

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 15, 1992)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Swahili words for the first ten numbers are introduced together with information on East African culture
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