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:
Wangari Maathai ~ Franck Prevot
Born in a little African village across from the volcano Mount Kenya, Wangari Maathai developed her love and appreciation for trees and the forests ...
The Worst Day of My Life ~ Bill Cosby
Little Bill thought it was going to be the worst day of his life. His parents were having a party and he had to wear ...
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 ...
Something Beautiful ~ Sharon Dennis Wyeth
A young girl on a quest to find something beautiful both discovers beauty in her inner city neighborhood and realizes how she can help make ...
Tickle, Tickle ~ Dakari Hru
Tickle, Tickle Written by Dakari Hru Illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max This book is about a special tickle time that is shared between a father and ...
Bigger Than Daddy ~ Harriet Ziefert
My boys absolutely loved this book! It is about a little boy (Edward) who want to be big...as high as an airplane, as tall as ...
Jonathan and His Mommy ~ Irene Smalls
Jonathan and his mom like to take walks together, but not just any walks. They imagine they are giants. They take giant steps and talk ...
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters ~ John Steptoe
This is a wonderful African tale about two beautiful sisters. However, despite their beauty, one one of the sisters, Nyasha, was kind and compassionate ...
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