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 Got Next ~ Daria Peoples-Riley
It’s game day and it’s time to put your game face on! While this is a basketball story, it is so much more! It encourages ...
What Makes the Seasons? ~ Megan Montague Cash
This rhyming story features a curious little girl who discovers how the weather changes through the different seasons ...
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 ...
Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys ~ Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Virgie was always begging to go to school with the boys. Finally, it was agreed that "girls need to read and write and do 'rithmetic' ...
The Friendly Four ~ Eloise Greenfield
Drummond declared that summer’s a bummer because there were no kids on his block to play with. Little by little everything changed when Dorene moved ...
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 ...
In the Snow ~ Elizabeth Spurr
Playing in the snow is fun! Follow along as a young girl and her mother head out to play ...
Martin’s Big Words ~ Doreen Rappaport
We read this book in preparation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I love the illustrations and I love the way that the author highlights ...
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