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:
Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry ~ Ashley Bryan
This is an alphabet book based around the theme of African American poets. Each letter of the alphabet has lines from a poem written by ...
Love to Langston ~ Tony Medina
Love to Langston is a tribute to poet, Langston Hughes. It is a biography of poems written by Tony Medina that capture glimpses into the ...
The Hat That Wore Clara B. ~ Melanie Turner-Denstaedt
My daughter LOVED this book, especially since we handmade her very own hat! Clara B. was enamored with her grandma's Mother's Sunday hat ...
I Am Famous ~ Tara Luebbe & Becky Cattie
A young girl likens being the center of her parent's attention to being famous. From the paparazzi (her parents) to her adoring fans (her grandpa ...
Can You Dance, Dalila? ~ Virginia Kroll
This is a fun little story about a girl and her developing interest in dance. She attempts many forms of dance including the jig, line ...
The Little Red Hen ~ Jerry Pinkney
This is a wonderful rendition of the classic story of The Little Red Hen. As I was reading along to the kids, we talked about how ...
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 ...
Down the Winding Road ~ Angela Johnson
This story is about a boy and girl who take their annual trip down the winding road to visit the Old Ones' house ...
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