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:
Jazz ~ Walter Dean Myers
A celebration of jazz music, this beautifully illustrated book includes a glossary of jazz terms as well as a history of jazz timeline ...
Stitchin’ and Pullin’ ~ Patricia C. McKissack
For hundreds of years, the women of Gee's Bend have quilted together...stitchin' and pullin'. Baby Girl anxiously awaits the day that she is able to ...
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 ...
Let the Children March ~ Monica Clark-Robinson
Did you know that children, many children, were involved in the fight for Civil Rights? This beautifully illustrated book chronicles the events of the brother ...
Holly Celebrates MLK Day ~ Kimberly Kendall-Drucker
Holly loves celebrating holidays and for her, each day is a Holly-Day! Part of the Holly Celebrates Series, this book is an informative rhyming story ...
Did I Tell You I Love You Today? ~ Deloris Jordan
My kids really enjoyed this book! It is a wonderful story about a mother expressing her love for her son. The book documents the many ...
Pies from Nowhere ~ Dee Romito
An unsung hero of the civil rights movement, Georgia Gilmore utilized her passion for cooking to help fund the Montgomery Bus Boycott that began in ...
Cendrillon ~ Robert D. San Souci
This book is about a Caribbean Cinderella. While similar to the "traditional" version of the Cinderella, this version has elements of the West Indian culture ...
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