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:
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 ...
Ron’s Big Mission ~ Rose Blue and Corinne Naden
A fictionalized account of a real incident one summer day in 1959, this story recounts the day that Ron McNair, a nine year old boy, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wow! It Sure Is Good To Be You! ~ Cynthia Jabar
This is a cute, rhythmic book that encourage self-esteem! It is a reminder that no matter where you are or what you do, that there ...
Kindergarten is Cool! ~ Linda Elovitz Marshall
This is a cute rhyming story about the first day of kindergarten. From story time to recess; from lunch time to clean up, kindergarten is ...
Who Will I Be, Lord? ~ Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
We really enjoyed this book. It is a lyrical story about a girl who looks back through her family tree as she ponders the future ...
Chew, Chew, Gulp! ~ Lauren Thompson
The simple, rhyming text and the colorful illustrations in this book demonstrate a variety of ways to eat different foods ...
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