# Books like The Middle Passage

**10** books similar to *The Middle Passage* by Tom Feelings (Picture Book · grades K–5), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

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## Similar books

- [Soul Looks Back in Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/soul-looks-back-in-wonder) by Tom Feelings _(Grades K–3)_ — Is by Tom Feelings, the same author, both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, and same genre (Picture Book).
- [In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall](https://readinglist.school/book/in-daddys-arms-i-am-tall) by Javaka Steptoe _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Tar Beach](https://readinglist.school/book/tar-beach) by Faith Ringgold _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–5).
- [The Creation](https://readinglist.school/book/the-creation) by James Weldon Johnson _(Grades K–3)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–3).
- [Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum](https://readinglist.school/book/beat-the-story-drum-pum-pum) by Ashley Bryan _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–5).
- [Beautiful Blackbird](https://readinglist.school/book/beautiful-blackbird) by Ashley Bryan _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–5).
- [Big](https://readinglist.school/book/big) by Vashti Harrison _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–5).
- [C.L.O.U.D.S.](https://readinglist.school/book/clouds) by Pat Cummings _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–5).
- [Heart and Soul](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-and-soul-the-story-of-america-and-african-americans) by Kadir Nelson _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–5).
- [I Have a Dream](https://readinglist.school/book/i-have-a-dream-martin-luther-king-jr) by Martin Luther King Jr. _(Grades K–5)_ — Both on the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award list, same genre (Picture Book), and overlapping grades (K–5).

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