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:
Corduroy’s Garden by Don Freeman
This Puffin Easy-to-Read easy reader is based on the characters created by Don Freeman. Lisa plants some beans in her garden and puts Corduroy in ...
The Snowy Day ~ Ezra Jack Keats
My kids LOVED this story! It is about a little boy named Peter who wakes up to a winter wonderland. You get to follow him ...
Langston’s Train Ride ~ Robert Burleigh
This historic retelling details the moments on a train crossing the Mississippi River that led to poet Langston Hughes writing his poem "The Negro Speaks ...
These Hands ~ Hope Lynne Price
This is a poetic picture book about the power and beauty of our hands and all of the wonderful things that can come from our ...
Lily Brown’s Paintings ~ Angela Johnson
This book is about the imagination of a child and how it can be translated onto paper with a paint brush ...
No Two Snowflakes ~ Sheree Fitch
Follow along as a young boy tries to describe snow to his pen-pal in Africa. This is an ideal book to use if you are ...
Holly Celebrates MLK Day ~ Kimberly Kendall-Drucker
Holly loves celebrating holidays and for her, each day is a Holly-Day! Part of the Holly Celebrates Series, this book is an informative rhyming story ...
Bring Me Some Apples and I’ll Make You a Pie ~ Robbin Gourley
A young girl helps her family harvest all kinds of wonderful fruits and veggies and plans for all the delicious meals that will come from ...
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