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:
I, Matthew Henson ~ Carole Boston Weatherford
This is a picture biography of North Pole explorer, Matthew Henson. The book tells the story of Henson, from working as an orphaned cabin boy ...
Elizabeti’s Doll ~ Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
This was a beautiful story about a young girl with a brand new baby brother. She watches how her mother cares for her baby brother ...
Polly Diamond and the Magic Book ~ Alice Kuipers
This chapter book is about a young girl and her love for words. However, when she discovers a magic book that turns her written words ...
Ten Tiny Babies ~ Karen Katz
This is a cute little rhyming, counting book with babies of all different colors. I liked that it reinforced counting with my little ones as ...
The Snowy Day ~ Ezra Jack Keats
My kids LOVED this story! It is about a little boy named Peter who wakes up to a winter wonderland. You get to follow him ...
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 ...
The Great Migration: Journey to the North ~ Eloise Greenfield
This book tells the thoughts and courage of a man, woman, girl, and boy as they decide to be part of the Great Migration of ...
Sweet Potato Pie ~ Kathleen Lindsey
With the many failed crops, the family is in danger of losing their farm. However, mama has a great idea that she hopes will help ...
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