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:

Faith Ringgold ~ Sharna Jackson

Learn more about the life of artist and activist, Faith Ringgold. From being bedridden as a child with severe asthma, painting on a small easel ...
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I Am Famous ~ Tara Luebbe & Becky Cattie

A young girl likens being the center of her parent's attention to being famous. From the paparazzi (her parents) to her adoring fans (her grandpa ...
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Good Morning, Superman ~ Michael Dahl

This is a fun book about a young boy's morning routine. His daily routine is likened to the adventures of Superman ...
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Around the Log ~ Anthony D. Fredericks

This is a great book for those who love critters and bugs. It features various close-up drawings of the creatures that make their home in ...
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Family ~ Isabell Monk

This is a wonderful celebration of family. Hope visits her aunt and enjoys a wonderful meal with her mother's side of the family, where everyone ...
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Pies from Nowhere ~ Dee Romito

An unsung hero of the civil rights movement, Georgia Gilmore utilized her passion for cooking to help fund the Montgomery Bus Boycott that began in ...
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Jazz for Lunch ~ Jarrett Dapier

What a fun toe-tapping rhythmic story about a young boy and his auntie. "Struttin' with Auntie Nina down to a club. We're gonna hear some ...
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Welcome to the Party ~ Gabrielle Union

A new baby is cause for celebration. This rhyming story celebrates the arrival of a new little one. This sweet love letter from parent to ...
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Featured Books:

Family ~ Isabell Monk

This is a wonderful celebration of family. Hope visits her aunt and enjoys a wonderful meal with her mother's side of the family, where everyone ...
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Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl’s Baseball Dream ~ Crystal Hubbard

Marcenia Lyle (aka Toni Stone) was the first female to play on an all-male pro baseball team. In 1953, at the age of 32, she ...
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Messy Bessey and the Birthday Overnight ~ Patricia C. McKissack

Bessey gets invited to a slumber party. The girls all have tons of fun, but the next morning everyone leaves...and they leave a big mess...everyone ...
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Ben’s Trumpet ~ Rachel Isadora

Ben loves to play his pretend trumpet while listening to the music coming from the Zig Zag Jazz Club ...
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Black, White, Just Right! ~ Marguerite W. Davol

This story features a little girl whose mother is black and father is white. Throughout the book she notices the many differences between her mother ...
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Keisha Ann Can! ~ Daniel Kirk

My kids really enjoyed this book! It's about a little girl who happily goes about her daily routine ...
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Polly Diamond and the Magic Book ~ Alice Kuipers

This chapter book is about a young girl and her love for words. However, when she discovers a magic book that turns her written words ...
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Ten Tiny Babies ~ Karen Katz

This is a cute little rhyming, counting book with babies of all different colors. I liked that it reinforced counting with my little ones as ...
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