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 book collections based on specific 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!

Featured Books:

Kitchen Dance ~ Maurie J. Manning

A son and daughter wake to the sounds of their mother and father dancing to the tunes of clanging dishes. After noticing the kids peeking ...
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Nanta’s Lion ~ Suse MacDonald

This is a search and find adventure book about Nanta, an African girl living in the Maasai village, who went out in search of the ...
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

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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Gingerbread Days ~ Joyce Carol Thomas

This is a collection of poems celebrating the seasons of a family's love. There are twelve poems, one for each month of the year ...
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Pumpkin Day! ~ Candice Ransom

Follow along as a young boy and his family visit the pumpkin patch. This is a fun, rhyming, level one easy reader about picking out ...
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I, Matthew Henson by Carole Boston Weatherford

I, Matthew Henson ~ Carole Boston Weatherford

This is a picture biography of North Pole explorer, Matthew Henson. The book tells the story of Henson, from working as an orphaned cabin boy ...
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Bronzeville Boys and Girls ~ Gwendolyn Brooks

Bronzeville Boys and Girls is a collection of poetry by Gwendolyn Brooks that celebrates childhood! While it was inspired by a Chicago neighborhood, it reflects ...
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