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:
The Soccer Fence ~ Phil Bildner
Hector watched from outside the fence as the white boys played soccer. Separated by the rules of apartheid, Hector did not play soccer with the ...
The Night is Yours ~ Abdul-Razak Zachariah
What a beautiful story written from a father's perspective as he watches his young daughter play a game of hide-and-seek in the light of the ...
Melena’s Jubilee ~ Zetta Elliot
This is a wonderful story of how each day presents us with the opportunity of a fresh start. After being forgiven by her mother and ...
Martin Luther King, Jr ~ Jennifer Lee Fandel
In comic book style, this graphic biography is all about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It denotes events in his life spanning from his childhood ...
Black Jack ~ Charles R. Smith Jr.
This rhyming story is about the life of Arthur John Johnson, the world's first black heavyweight champion ...
Love is a Truck ~ Amy Novesky
This is an adorable book about a child and their love of trucks...all kinds of trucks. From fire trucks to dump trucks. Ice cream trucks ...
The Lending Zoo ~ Frank Asch
This is an interesting, make-believe story about a zoo that functions much like a library ...
Since We’re Friends: An Autism Picture Book ~ Celeste Shally
According to the forward in this book, one in 110 children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. This essentially means that just about everyone ...
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