Welcome to “Brown Like Me” Books, a site dedicated to showcasing picture books for kids that feature black characters! Here, I not only provide personal book reviews, but I also share numerous book collections based on a wide variety of topics. Wondering how this site got it’s name and why it was started? Read the back-story here! Want to see some of the featured books and collections found on the site? Keep scrolling!
Recent Books:
Have You Seen This Book? ~ Angela DiTerlizzi
A young boy’s favorite book is missing. Throughout the story, he asks, “Have you seen this book?” and describes the missing book page by page ...
Malaika’s Winter Carnival ~ Nadia L. Hohn
After living with her grandma, Malaika is excited to be back with her mother again. However, she is uncertain about her new blended family, Mr ...
My Family Celebrates Kwanzaa ~ Lisa Bullard
Follow along as a young boy shares his family's experience celebrating Kwanzaa. With critical thinking and recall questions incorporated at the end of each chapter, ...
The Christmas Book Flood ~ Emily Kilgore
Based on a holiday tradition in Ireland, this book allows readers to share in the anticipation and excitement of the Book Flood. Centered around the ...
Ellray Jakes Rocks the Holidays ~ Sally Warner
Third-grader E.J. is excited about Christmas. But, before he can start celebrating, he is tasked with memorizing lines to recite at the school Winter Wonderland ...
Ty’s Travels: Winter Wonderland ~ Kelly Starling Lyons
Ty wakes up to a winter Wonderland. He and his mother venture out to the “North Pole” and see many marvelous things. Sparkling Christmas trees ...
Jabari Jumps ~ Gaia Cornwall
After completing his swim lessons and passing his swim test, Jabari is ready to jump off the diving board...or is he? He lets others go ...
Little Leaders ~ Vashti Harrison
I absolutely love this book! It features 40+ African American women who made huge strides throughout history. The pages are filled with adorable illustrations and ...
Featured Books:
By the Dawn’s Early Light ~ Karen Ackerman
This story is about two young children, their mother who works the graveyard shift, and their Nana who takes care of them when their mom ...
Flower Garden ~ Eve Bunting
A little girl makes a birthday surprise for her mother. She and her father buy soil and colorful plants to make a beautiful garden box ...
Calling the Water Drum ~ LaTisha Redding
This story saddened me. A young boy and his parents secretly left Haiti in the middle of the night with just enough money to buy ...
Lillian’s Right to Vote ~ Jonah Winter
This book tells the story of a 100 year old woman recalling events in her life and her family's lives that lead to her having ...
The Night is Yours ~ Abdul-Razak Zachariah
What a beautiful story written from a father's perspective as he watches his young daughter play a game of hide-and-seek in the light of the ...
Africa Dream ~ Eloise Greenfield
This book is about a girl who visits Africa one night in her dreams. She explains some of the sights in "long-ago Africa" as she ...
Long Shot ~ Chris Paul
This book is about NBA superstar Chris Paul. As a child everyone told him he was too small to play basketball ...
Wow! It Sure Is Good To Be You! ~ Cynthia Jabar
This is a cute, rhythmic book that encourage self-esteem! It is a reminder that no matter where you are or what you do, that there ...
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