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:
Just Like Josh Gibson ~ Angela Johnson
This is the story of a young girl listening to her Grandmama tell of her days as a girl in the 1940s wanting to play ...
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 ...
Greetings, Sun ~ Phillis Gershator
This is a rhyming book about a boy and girl who wake up and give greetings to the sun as well as many other things ...
My Daddy Rules the World ~ Hope Anita Smith
This a collection of poems celebrating dads, pops, fathers, poppas, and daddies! This book would make an excellent Father's Day gift! ...
Calling the Water Drum ~ LaTisha Redding
This story saddened me. A young boy and his parents secretly left Haiti in the middle of the night with just enough money to buy ...
The Day I Was Rich ~ Bill Cosby
Little Bill and his friends are thrilled when he discovers what he believes to be a diamond. All the kids talk about how they would ...
Wow! It Sure Is Good To Be You! ~ Cynthia Jabar
This is a cute, rhythmic book that encourage self-esteem! It is a reminder that no matter where you are or what you do, that there ...
Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream ~ Cindy Neuschwander
Amanda Bean loves math. In fact, she is great at counting. She can count by ones, twos, fives, and tens. However, in school she is ...
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