"Brown Like Me" Books
Books for Kids Featuring Black Characters
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 six, Nathan is interested to find that his father's favorite thing was catching fireflies.
Ben loves to play his pretend trumpet while listening to the music coming from the Zig Zag Jazz Club.
Max loves to read books. So, he goes to the library. He gets a library card and uses the computer to find books to check out.
Michael questions why the "Coloreds" water fountain has warm, muddy water when the "Whites Only" fountain MUST have cool, refreshing water. But does it?
If only Peter could whistle, his dog Willie would run straight to him...just like the boy and the dog he saw down the street.
This is a great little Read-it! Readers book for beginning readers. It is about a boy named Max who likes to read and write.
My boys really enjoyed this book. It is about Henry, a paperboy, who collides with a sparrow while on his paper route.
A collection of short poems, Daddy Calls Me Man, documents some of the small moments in young Joshua's life.
As part of their school assignments, Blaise and George become pen pals. But, neither of them like to write. Through rhyming letters to one another, they tell about their hobbies, pets, favorite classes, and more.
This is a cute little Read-It! Readers book about a boy who goes to the dentist. Max brushes his teeth twice a day and has a great smile.
According to the forward in this book, one in 110 children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. This essentially means that just about everyone either knows or will know someone who is autistic.
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 tree, as fast as a firetruck.
Luke, is too young to play stickball with the bigger boys. The one day he got his big chance, he struck out...twice and was certain that he would never be able to play again.
This a cute little rhyming book about a little boy and his golden bear. The boy and his special playmate do all kinds of things together.
Follow along with this cute little toddler as he plays peekaboo throughout the course of his morning. The kids had a blast trying to use the clues from each page to figure out what the little boy would see next!
We are Little Bill fans and of course this book was a hit with my boys. Little Bill is playing cowboys with his friend Fushia when he falls and breaks his arm.
This beautifully illustrated book definitely hits home. With four boys of my own, I completely understand and have given “the talk” more times than I would like.
After his father leaves for work every morning and his mother gets sick, a young boy faces feelings of abandonment. Making poor choices, he gets into mischief with his friends. However, time after time, it is music that causes the boy to stop his wrongful actions.
This is a cute counting book about a boy and his imagination...as well as the imagination of his friends. They battle over who can top the others "story."
This is a Read-it! Readers book about Max, a young boy who loves to ride the bus to school. In fact he loves riding the bus so much that he can't wait for school to end just so that he can ride the bus again.
