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 Princess and the Frog ~ Lisa Marsoli
As expected, my daughter loved this read-aloud storybook. It is based on the Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog ...
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 ...
Game Changers ~ Lesa Cline-Ransome
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It was so very insightful into the lives of two of the greatest tennis players ever, Venus and Serena ...
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 ...
Corduroy ~ Don Freeman
I can remember reading Corduroy as a little girl. However, I had not remembered that this beloved story featured Lisa, a little "brown like me" ...
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 ...
City Shapes ~ Diana Murray
his is a rhyming book about the many shapes found in the city. From on-the-go squares to dazzling rectangles ...
Dream Dancer ~ Jill Newsome
This book is about a girl and her love of dancing! She dances everywhere, even in her dreams! But, her dream turned into a nightmare ...
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