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:
JoJo’s Flying Side Kick ~ Brian Pinkney
My kids enjoyed this book. In fact, my daughter expressed interest in taking Tae Kwon Do, although the desire was short-lived! The book is about ...
My Best Friend ~ Mary Ann Rodman
This story is about Lily (a 6 year old) girl who desperately wants Tamika (a 7 year old) to be her best friend. Despite all ...
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 ...
Gingerbread Days ~ Joyce Carol Thomas
This is a collection of poems celebrating the seasons of a family's love. There are twelve poems, one for each month of the year ...
Gift Days ~ Kari-Lynn Winters
A young African girl desires to go to school like her older brother. However, due to her mother's death, she must spend all her time ...
Wangari Maathai ~ Franck Prevot
Born in a little African village across from the volcano Mount Kenya, Wangari Maathai developed her love and appreciation for trees and the forests ...
Just Like Josh Gibson ~ Angela Johnson
This is the story of a young girl listening to her Grandmama tell of her days as a girl in the 1940s wanting to play ...
Black is Brown is Tan ~ Arnold Adoff
This book is about a bi-racial family. It is written in a poetic style and it highlights the family's various activities. It also highlights some ...
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