Book Awards & Distinctions
for Tom Feelings
16 Total Book Awards
The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo (5)
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 1996
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1995
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 1996
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2025
Commended, 1996
Soul Looks Back in Wonder (3)
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 1994
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book (2)
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, 1967-2024
Winner, 1974
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2025
Honor, 1975
Daydreamers (1)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Honor, 1982
From Slave to Abolitionist (1)
I Saw Your Face (1)
Moja Means One (1)
Something on My Mind (1)
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2025
Illustrator Winner, 1979
To Be a Slave (1)
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2025
Honor, 1969
