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:
Rise! ~ Bethany Hegedus
What a wonderful, kid-friendly biography about the amazing life of poet, performer, writer, activist, humanitarian, Maya Angelou ...
Bigger Than Daddy ~ Harriet Ziefert
My boys absolutely loved this book! It is about a little boy (Edward) who want to be big...as high as an airplane, as tall as ...
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 ...
Cats Add Up! ~ Dianne Ochiltree
This book is part of the Hello Math Reader Books set and the math concept addressed is addition and subtraction. It is about a girl, ...
Fireflies for Nathan ~ Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
This book is about a six year old boy who visits his grandparents. Asking his grandparents about what his father enjoyed doing when he was ...
My Brother Charlie ~ Holly Robinson Peete
My Brother Charlie is about a young boy diagnosed with autism. It is told from the viewpoint of Charlie's twin sister, Callie. She describes some ...
Six Empty Pockets ~ Matt Curtis
This is a cute little rookie reader book about a boy who stashes all kinds of things into his pockets ...
The Princess and the Frog: The Essentials Guide ~ Laura Gilbert
Of course, my daughter loved this book. She loves everything related to her favorite Disney princess! This book provides facts and details about various characters, ...
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