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:
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 ...
Lift Every Voice and Sing ~ James Weldon Johnson
his poem was originally written by school principal and activist in Jacksonville, Florida. The poem was set to music by his brother and was first ...
Snug in Mama’s Arms ~ Angela Shelf Medearis
This is such a little precious book. A little girl and her mommy go through their bedtime routine ...
No Two Snowflakes ~ Sheree Fitch
Follow along as a young boy tries to describe snow to his pen-pal in Africa. This is an ideal book to use if you are ...
Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream ~ Cindy Neuschwander
Amanda Bean loves math. In fact, she is great at counting. She can count by ones, twos, fives, and tens. However, in school she is ...
Being Friends ~ Karen Beaumont
This is a cute rhyming book about two friends. Despite their many differences, they both treasure their friendship with one another ...
I Could Be, You Could Be ~ Karen Owen
I Could Be, You Could Be Written by Karen Owen Illustrated by Barroux In this rhyming book, children talk about all the things they could ...
Twenty Yawns ~ Jane Smiley
Lucy and her parents sent a long day at the beach. After a day of fun in the sun, they are ready for an early ...
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