"Brown Like Me" Books
Books for Kids Featuring Black Characters
Each Sunday Jay Jay goes to his Grannie's house for dinner. While waiting for dinner to be served, Jay Jay notices that Grannie's cupboard is always full, full of colorful dishes. Her fish tank is always full, full of all kinds of fish and her candy tin is full, full to the brim.
This is a Read It! Reader book about a boy who does not like vegetables. He does everything possible to avoid eating them!
While mom heads out, Nana is left with the children and a schedule and instructions to follow. However, this fun-loving grandmother doesn't quite adhere to the instructions, but her and the kids sure have a great time.
A young girl helps her family harvest all kinds of wonderful fruits and veggies and plans for all the delicious meals that will come from their garden throughout the year.
This is a Rookie Reader book about a little boy who helps pack his lunch. However, once he gets to school he realizes that his friend forgot his lunch, so he decides to share.
This is a sweet story about a boy and his grandfather. The boy and his pop pop, who happens to be a chef, spend time together baking a lemon cake.
Walking down the long road to town all by herself for the very first time, Hetty is thrilled that her parents have decided that she is old enough to go to town to get fresh eggs for their morning breakfast.
This is a wonderful celebration of family. Hope visits her aunt and enjoys a wonderful meal with her mother's side of the family, where everyone makes and shares a family recipe...including Hope.
An unsung hero of the civil rights movement, Georgia Gilmore utilized her passion for cooking to help fund the Montgomery Bus Boycott that began in 1955.
What a fun toe-tapping rhythmic story about a young boy and his auntie. "Struttin' with Auntie Nina down to a club. We're gonna hear some music and then eat some grub."
This is a great story to read about how different people celebrate New Year's Day! Shanté's grandmother forgets their traditional black-eyed peas. So, Shanté sets out to find some.
This is a rookie reader book about a girl named Bessey and how she bakes holiday cookies to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
Count from one to ten twice as this family works together to prepare a feast for 10 people; from shopping for the food to sitting down to eat.
This Puffin Easy-to-Read easy reader is based on the characters created by Don Freeman. Lisa plants some beans in her garden and puts Corduroy in charge of keeping watch over them.
Teeka's family had a picnic this Sunday past and everyone was there...except for Cousin Martha and her dry apple pie, that you just had to eat.
The simple, rhyming text and the colorful illustrations in this book demonstrate a variety of ways to eat different foods.
Marigold Fairy lives in the land of Flower Wings. She grows vegetables and keeps the pests away from the garden.
Every year Haitians around the world celebrate New Years Day by eating freedom soup.
With the many failed crops, the family is in danger of losing their farm. However, mama has a great idea that she hopes will help save the their farm!
The class takes a fieldtrip to an apple orchard. The rhyming story is a countdown of the many things the students see and experience on the fieldtrip.
