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:
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 ...
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 ...
I Am Perfectly Designed ~ Karamo Brown
Through a conversation between father and son, this book encourages readers to love themselves and know that they are perfectly designed ...
Ben’s Trumpet ~ Rachel Isadora
Ben loves to play his pretend trumpet while listening to the music coming from the Zig Zag Jazz Club ...
Love to Langston ~ Tony Medina
Love to Langston is a tribute to poet, Langston Hughes. It is a biography of poems written by Tony Medina that capture glimpses into the ...
The Snowy Day ~ Ezra Jack Keats
My kids LOVED this story! It is about a little boy named Peter who wakes up to a winter wonderland. You get to follow him ...
Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free ~ Alice Faye Duncan
"Freedom hope, and Joy Devine! Juneteenth means it's Freedom Time!" This book features Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth as she tells a group of ...
Fish School ~ Nancy Poydar
Charlie got a goldfish for his birthday and he vowed to teach Wishy everything he learned! Attempting to follow through with his promise, Charlie secretly ...
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