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 Day I Saw My Father Cry ~ Bill Cosby
Little Bill's new neighbor, Mr. Mills, teaches everyone an ingenious way to cool out and stop fighting and arguing. When Mr. Mills dies of a ...
Uh-oh! ~ Rachel Isadora
This is a cute little book about the many "uh-oh's" that can take place through the course of a day for a toddler ...
My Pop Pop and Me ~ Irene Smalls
This is a sweet story about a boy and his grandfather. The boy and his pop pop, who happens to be a chef, spend time ...
Did I Tell You I Love You Today? ~ Deloris Jordan
My kids really enjoyed this book! It is a wonderful story about a mother expressing her love for her son. The book documents the many ...
A Computer Called Katherine ~ Suzanne Slade
As a math aficionado, I was completely enamored with the true story of Katherine Johnson, made famous by the film Hidden Figures ...
Can You Hear the Sea? ~ Judy Cumberbatch
This story is very bright and fun! It would be a great addition to an ocean or sea shell themed learning unit. Sarah's grandpa gives ...
Black, White, Just Right! ~ Marguerite W. Davol
This story features a little girl whose mother is black and father is white. Throughout the book she notices the many differences between her mother ...
My Military Mom ~ Claudia Harrington
Conner is the student of the week in his new class. His classmate, Lenny, goes home with Conner and uses a camera to snap pictures ...
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