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:
Irene’s Wish ~ Jerdine Nolen
Irene loves her family. But her father is gone a lot. Irene makes a special wish for her father to be home more so that ...
Lola at the Library ~ Anna McQuinn
This is a cute story about how a little girl and her mother enjoy a special, weekly ritual. Every Tuesday Lola and her mother visit ...
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children ~ Sandra L. Pinkney
My kids really enjoyed this book. They loved seeing other children that look like them. The book instills a sense of pride in the beauty ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thinker ~ Eloise Greenfield
This is a fun collection of poems written by a boy, Jace, and his "talking" dog named Thinker ...
Ellington Was Not a Street ~ Ntozake Shange
Poet Ntozake Shange recounts her childhood memories of the many great African Americans who gathered in her home ...
Skin Again ~ Bell Hooks
About being happy with the skin you are in, this book encourages readers to also realize that you and others are so much more than ...
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