Soul Looks Back in Wonder

Name: Soul Looks Back in Wonder
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Various
ISBN: 9780525623953

Author: Various, Tom Feelings

Narrator: Cary Hite, Allyson Johnson

Unabridged: 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 12/04/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction, African American & Black Stories, Children's Art Stories, Children's Poetry

Synopsis

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

In this compelling collection, thirteen major poets 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, this collection includes poetry by:
Maya Angelou
Lucille Clifton
Alexis De Veaux
Mari Evans
Darryl Holmes
Langston Hughes
Rashidah Ismaili
Haki R. Madhubuti
Walter Dean Myers
Mwatabu Okantah
Eugene B. Redmond
Askia M. Touré
Margaret Walker

About The Author

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Agnė

Soul Looks Back in Wonder is an illustrated collection of poems that celebrate the African-American spirit and are dedicated to "our precious young African sisters and brothers, who are our today and our tomorrow." The poems by thirteen major poets, such as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Walter......more

Goodreads review by Barbara

I just happened to see this book that included some of my favorite poets after I had completed a goal, so I bought the book for my reward. There are some wonderful poems, my favorite being the one by Angelou. The illustrations by Tom Feelings are wonderful!......more

Goodreads review by Judy

I can not remember where I came across this title, but it arrived in my reserve selections at the library and I have loved reading it, taking in the beauty and texture of the illustrations, and immersing myself in the verse. I think the best way for me to review this gem and remind myself of its cont......more

Awards

Coretta Scott King Awards