Welcome

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 ...

Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry ~ Ashley Bryan

This is an alphabet book based around the theme of African American poets. Each letter of the alphabet has lines from a poem written by ...

Down the Winding Road ~ Angela Johnson

This story is about a boy and girl who take their annual trip down the winding road to visit the Old Ones' house ...

Long Shot ~ Chris Paul

This book is about NBA superstar Chris Paul. As a child everyone told him he was too small to play basketball ...

Gift Days ~ Kari-Lynn Winters

A young African girl desires to go to school like her older brother. However, due to her mother's death, she must spend all her time ...

Soccer Song ~ Patricia Reilly Gift

Jill has long arms and strong hands. But, when it comes to using her feet to play soccer, she struggles - that is, until she ...

Tell Me a Story, Mama ~ Angela Johnson

A young girl and her mother spend time together retelling the daughter's favorite stories from her mother's childhood ...

Snow Globe Wishes ~ Erin Dealey

A snow globe filled with a beautiful winter wonderland captivates a young girl whose family enjoys special time together during the worse snow storm of ...