Soul Looks Back in Wonder

Name: Soul Looks Back in Wonder
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ISBN: 9780140565010

Various, Tom Feelings, Tom Feelings

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Puffin
01 January 1999

Educational: English literature; Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's&YA)

""The selections are uniformly uplifting, with affirming messages about the heritage, strength and dreams of African Americans.""-Publishers Weekly

In 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.

By: Various
Illustrated by: Tom Feelings
Edited by: Tom Feelings
Imprint: Puffin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 264mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 184g
ISBN: 9780140565010
ISBN 10: 0140565019
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 01 January 1999
Recommended Age: From 5 to 8 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 Award for Moja Means One- A Swahili Counting Book and in 1975 he won a second Caldecott Honor Award for Jambo Means Hello- A 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.