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:
The Blacker the Berry ~ Joyce Carol Thomas
This is a wonderful collection of poems written by Joyce Carol Thomas. The poems celebrate the beauty found in the many shades of "black." ...
Bye-Bye Binky ~ Maria van Lieshout
A little girl celebrates being a big kid. And, big kids don't need a binky. This is a cute book about an important milestone in ...
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 ...
Thinker ~ Eloise Greenfield
This is a fun collection of poems written by a boy, Jace, and his "talking" dog named Thinker ...
Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence ~ Gretchen Woelfle
Mumbet was a slave for Colonel Ashley in Massachusetts. The Colonel's wife, Mrs. Ashley, constantly mistreated Mumbet. Overhearing the Colonel discuss Americans being free from ...
A Letter to Amy ~ Ezra Jack Keats
Peter is having a birthday party. Among all his neighborhood friends, he most wants to invite a girl, Amy. So, he writes a letter ...
One Hen ~ Katie Smith Milway
This is a wonderful story of how one small loan made a difference. Kojo, a young boy from Ghana, used a small loan to buy ...
I Could Be, You Could Be ~ Karen Owen
I Could Be, You Could Be Written by Karen Owen Illustrated by Barroux In this rhyming book, children talk about all the things they could ...
Featured Collections:
