Calling the Water Drum by LaTisha Redding

Bye-Bye Binky by Maria van Lieshout

Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream by Cindy Neuschwander

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahme

Can You Hear the Sea? ~ Judy Cumberbatch

Keisha Ann Can! ~ Daniel Kirk

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Ashley Bryan

I Have a Dream ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Jenn @ "Brown Like Me" Books

In all the picture books about Martin Luther King, Jr, this has to be my absolute favorite. While the forward is …

Categories: Ashley Bryan, Brian Pinkney, Carole Byard, Diane Dillon, Floyd Cooper, George Ford, J. Brian Pinkney, James E. Ransome, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Leo Dillon, Martin Luther King Jr., Pat Cummings, Wil Clay

Carol of the Brown King ~ Langston Hughes

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Jenn @ "Brown Like Me" Books

This is a beautifully illustrated compilation of five Nativity poems by Langston Hughes. The five poems included …

Categories: Ashley Bryan, Christmas, Langston Hughes, Langston Hughes, Poetry

Who Built the Stable? ~ Ashley Bryan

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Jenn @ "Brown Like Me" Books

This brilliantly vivid Nativity poem addressed the idea of who built the stable that Baby Jesus was born in.

Categories: Ashley Bryan, Ashley Bryan, Bible-based, Christmas

Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry ~ Ashley Bryan

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Jenn @ "Brown Like Me" Books

This is an alphabet book based around the theme of African American poets. Each letter of the alphabet has lines …

Categories: Alphabet, Ashley Bryan, Ashley Bryan, Poetry

My America ~ Jan Spivey Gilchrist

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Jenn @ "Brown Like Me" Books

his book is an illustrated poem that celebrates the the beauty and diversity of America's people, landscape, and …

Categories: Animals, Ashley Bryan, Diversity, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Poetry