White Ships/Black Cargo. Feelings was married to fellow children's book author and his frequent collaborator Muriel Feelings from 1969 to 1974. Feelings was an artist in residence and professor of art at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC from 1990 to 1996. Feelings died aged 70 in 2003, in Mexico, where he had been receiving treatment for cancer. Bibliography Comic Books Tommy Traveler in the World of Negro History (1958-?) "Crispus Attucks and the Minutemen," Golden Legacy #3 (1967) Book Illustrations Bola and Oba's Drummer by Letta Schatz (1967) To Be a Slave by Julius Lester (1968) Zamani Goes to Market by Muriel Feelings (1970) Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel Feelings (1971) Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings (1974) Something on My Mind by Nikki Grimes (1978) Daydreamers by Eloise Greenfield (1981) Now Sheba Sings the Song by Maya Angelou (1987) Words and Pictures Tommy Traveler in the World of Black History by Tom Feelings (1991) Soul Looks Back in Wonder edited and illustrated by Tom Feelings (1993) The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo by Tom Feelings (1995) Artists' Books With Care by Ruth E. Edwards, illustrations by Tom Feelings Awards To Be a Slave was recognized in 1969 as a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book, a Hornbook Fanfare Best Book, the Library of Congress Children's Literature Center Best Children's Book, the School Library Journal's Best Book of the Year, and the Smithsonian Best Book of the Year. It was given a 1970 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Feelings was a 1972 Caldecott Medal Honor recipient with his wife Muriel Feelings for their book Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book. Muriel and Tom Feelings also received a 1974 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for the picture book Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book. Jambo Means Hello was also 1975 Caldecott Medal Honor recipient. Feelings's book The Middle Passage won the 1996 Coretta Scott King Award. In addition, it won a special commendation at the 1996 Jane Addams Children's Book Award ceremonies. In 2001, the South Carolina Department of Education honored Feelings in its African-American History Month calendar alongside Merl Code, Sanco Rembert, Mamie Johnson, Bill Pinkney, and other notable black South Carolinians. Further reading X, Marvin. "On the Passing of an Artist of the People: Tom Feelings", ChickenBones: A Journal. Accessed July 18, 2013. References External links "The Middle Passage: Drawings