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:
Lola Loves Stories ~ Anna McQuinn
Lola is a cute little girl who loves books. She and her dad love to go to the library together. Each night Lola reads a ...
Holly Celebrates Juneteenth ~ Kimberly Kendall-Drucker
In this particular book of the series, Holly celebrates Juneteenth. "June 19th marks a HOLLY-day when freedom is celebrated." With rhyming text, author Kendall-Drucker explains ...
Ellington Was Not a Street ~ Ntozake Shange
Poet Ntozake Shange recounts her childhood memories of the many great African Americans who gathered in her home ...
Have You Seen Elephant? ~ David Barrow
This is about a cute little boys and his imaginary friends elephant and turtle. He plays hide and seek with elephant, who is surprisingly very ...
I Look Up To… Michelle Obama ~ Anna Membrino
This board book about Michelle Obama lists reasons why the author looks up to the former first lady. She works hard. She cares about being ...
A Sweet Smell of Roses ~ Angela Johnson
A Sweet Smell of Roses Written by Angela Johnson Illustrated by Eric Velasquez This book is about two young girls who sneak out of their ...
I Could Be, You Could Be ~ Karen Owen
I Could Be, You Could Be Written by Karen Owen Illustrated by Barroux In this rhyming book, children talk about all the things they could ...
Just the Two of Us ~ Will Smith
This book is based on Will Smith's hit song, "Just the Two of Us." I didn't recognize all the lyrics, but my husband said that ...
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