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:
My America ~ Jan Spivey Gilchrist
his book is an illustrated poem that celebrates the the beauty and diversity of America's people, landscape, and wildlife ...
I Just Want to Say Good Night ~ Rachel Isadora
In an African village young girl tries to avoid bedtime by taking the time to say "good night" to various objects and all her animal ...
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 ...
Tiana’s Dream ~ RH Disney
This is a Stepping Stones chapter book based on the Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog. It is one of the first chapter books ...
Max Found Two Sticks ~ Brian Pinkney
Max found two heavy twigs and would tap his two make-shift drum sticks on anything he could find...his thighs, Grandpa's cleaning bucket, hat boxes, bottles, ...
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 ...
Lottie Paris Lives Here ~ Angela Johnson
This book provides a look into a day in the life of a young girl. From imagining she is a queen in a castle to ...
Golden Bear ~ Ruth Young
This a cute little rhyming book about a little boy and his golden bear. The boy and his special playmate do all kinds of things ...
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