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 Adventures of Sparrowboy ~ Brian Pinkney
My boys really enjoyed this book. It is about Henry, a paperboy, who collides with a sparrow while on his paper route ...
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 ...
Think Big ~ Liz Garton Scanlon
This is a simple rhyming book about some school age kids. They use various artistic mediums to prepare for what seems to be a school ...
How Sweet the Sound ~ Cheryl Hudson
This book features 23 songs including Kum Ba Ya, Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, This Little Light of Mine, Get on ...
All Different Now ~ Angela Johnson
Juneteenth, commemorated on June 19th, is the celebration of the emancipation of slaves. This book shares the response of and the jubilation felt as a ...
Girls Hold Up This World ~ Jada Pinkett Smith
My daughter loved this book. While we were reading it, she emphatically announced that "girl's rule!" This book features beautiful photographs of females of all ...
Brick by Brick ~ Charles R. Smith Jr.
Did you know that slaves helped build the original White House? This book, along with the commentary at the end of the book, chronicle what ...
Grace for President ~ Kelly DiPucchio
Appalled that there has never been a female president, Grace decides that she wants to become president! ...
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