Welcome

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 book collections based on specific 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!

Featured Books:

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 ...
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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 ...
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My Daddy Rules the World ~ Hope Anita Smith

This a collection of poems celebrating dads, pops, fathers, poppas, and daddies! This book would make an excellent Father's Day gift! ...
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Tell Me a Story, Mama ~ Angela Johnson

A young girl and her mother spend time together retelling the daughter's favorite stories from her mother's childhood ...
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Nanta’s Lion ~ Suse MacDonald

This is a search and find adventure book about Nanta, an African girl living in the Maasai village, who went out in search of the ...
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Uh-oh! ~ Rachel Isadora

This is a cute little book about the many "uh-oh's" that can take place through the course of a day for a toddler ...
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My Pop Pop and Me ~ Irene Smalls

This is a sweet story about a boy and his grandfather. The boy and his pop pop, who happens to be a chef, spend time ...
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Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry ~ Ashley Bryan

This is an alphabet book based around the theme of African American poets. Each letter of the alphabet has lines from a poem written by ...
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