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:
Ella Fitzgerald ~ Isabel Sanchez Vegara
From the "Little People, Big Dreams" book series, this book highlights the life of jazz great, Ella Fitzgerald, the "First Lady of Song." ...
I Hear a Pickle ~ Rachel Isadora
I hear. I smell. I see. I touch. I taste." This book is all about the five senses and it features children of all colors ...
Papa, Do You Love Me? ~ Barbara M. Joosse
A young boy from the Maasai culture in Africa asks his father, "Papa, do you love me?" The father explains all the ways he loves ...
These Hands ~ Hope Lynne Price
This is a poetic picture book about the power and beauty of our hands and all of the wonderful things that can come from our ...
Rap a Tap Tap ~ Diane Dillon
This rhythmic story is about how Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the great tap dancer of his time, talked with his feet ...
Ndito Runs ~ Laurie Halse Anderson
Like many children in Kenya, Ndito runs a long distance to get to school. As she runs through her village, she calls up animal dreams ...
In the Snow ~ Elizabeth Spurr
Playing in the snow is fun! Follow along as a young girl and her mother head out to play ...
Africa Dream ~ Eloise Greenfield
This book is about a girl who visits Africa one night in her dreams. She explains some of the sights in "long-ago Africa" as she ...
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