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 ...
I Can Do It Too! ~ Karen Baicker
This is an adorable book about a little girl who is excited to be a big girl who can do many of the same things ...
Julius ~ Angela Johnson
Julius is a pig that came to live with Maya. While Maya's parents were not happy with having a pig in their home, Maya couldn't ...
Lots of Ladybugs! ~ Michael Dahl
This book is about a little boy who counts the spots on ladybugs. With each page, there are five more spots to count until you ...
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 ...
Knick Knack Paddy Whack ~ Steve Songs
This book is to the tune of the old classic song, Knick Knack Paddy Whack, but with a new spin on it ...
All Because You Matter ~ Tami Charles
With beautiful petal-shaped collage artwork, this is an open letter from a mother to her son letting him know that he matters ...
Mother’s Day ~ Anne Rockwell
This is a wonderful story about a group of students who share how they each celebrate Mother's Day ...
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