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:
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 ...
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 Little Red Hen ~ Jerry Pinkney
This is a wonderful rendition of the classic story of The Little Red Hen. As I was reading along to the kids, we talked about how ...
The Wedding ~ Angela Johnson
This book is about a young girl, Daisy, and her thoughts about her older sister's wedding. This could be useful for preparing a young girl ...
Snug in Mama’s Arms ~ Angela Shelf Medearis
This is such a little precious book. A little girl and her mommy go through their bedtime routine ...
How Do You Wokka-Wokka? ~ Elizabeth Bluemle
How Do You Wokka-Wokka? Written by Elizabeth Bluemle Illustrated by Randy Cecil This is a fun, rhyming story about a boy who likes to dance ...
Hey, Charleston! ~ Anne Rockwell
This book tells the true story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band. The band, consisting of orphans, was started by Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins, who had ...
Catching the Wild Waiyuuzee ~ Rita Williams-Garcia
Surprisingly, this book is about the "adventures" of a young girl trying to avoid getting her hair combed and braided ...
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