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 ...

A Lunch With Punch ~ Jo S. Kittinger

This is a Rookie Reader book about a little boy who helps pack his lunch. However, once he gets to school he realizes that his ...

Dancing in the Wings ~ Debbie Allen

I liked this book because I could identify with it. I am tall and for the longest time I disliked my height...until I discovered basketball ...

In the Tall, Tall Grass ~ Denise Fleming

Follow along as a little caterpillar walks through and observes all of the different animals and sounds in the tall, tall grass. My kids enjoyed ...

Chew, Chew, Gulp! ~ Lauren Thompson

The simple, rhyming text and the colorful illustrations in this book demonstrate a variety of ways to eat different foods ...

Some Kind of Love ~ Traci Dant

This book is a collection of poems celebrating the love of a family and their annual family reunion ...

Early Sunday Morning ~ Denene Millner

This beautifully illustrated book celebrates the love of a family and how they encourage a young girl to life her voice "and sing with the ...

Girls Hold Up This World ~ Jada Pinkett Smith

My daughter loved this book. While we were reading it, she emphatically announced that "girl's rule!" This book features beautiful photographs of females of all ...