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 Word Collector ~ Peter H. Reynolds
People collect all kinds of things. Jerome collected words, words he heard, words he saw, words he read. Words made him happy ...
Greetings, Sun ~ Phillis Gershator
This is a rhyming book about a boy and girl who wake up and give greetings to the sun as well as many other things ...
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read ~ Rita Lorraine Hubbard
You are never too old to learn to read. Mary Walker is the ultimate example of this truth! Mary Walker learned to read at the ...
In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall ~ Javaka Steptoe
This is a collection of poems celebrating African American fathers and the influence that they have over their families. The poems are coupled with the ...
Above the Rim ~ Jen Bryant
Sometimes you have to sit down to stand up." This lyrical story is a celebration of standing up for what is right. It tells the ...
Hey, Charleston! ~ Anne Rockwell
This book tells the true story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band. The band, consisting of orphans, was started by Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins, who had ...
Brown ~ Nancy Johnson James
I absolutely love this book! It celebrates the color of our skin and cleverly names many of the shades of brown. From mama’s chocolate brown ...
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 ...
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