"Brown Like Me" Books
Books for Kids Featuring Black Characters
This book is about a girl named Janell and her imaginary friend Neesie. Although my kids do not currently have any imaginary friends (at least not that I know of), they really enjoyed this book and totally caught on to the idea that Neesie was not real.
This was a beautiful story about a young girl with a brand new baby brother. She watches how her mother cares for her baby brother and decides that she wants her very own baby to care for.
Drummond declared that summer’s a bummer because there were no kids on his block to play with. Little by little everything changed when Dorene moved in, and then Louis, and then Rae.
This is an adorable book about a little boy who likens his day headed off to grandma's house to that of a cowboy. He mounts his horse (his mother's back) and meets up out West (grandma's house).
Jonathan and his mom like to take walks together, but not just any walks. They imagine they are giants. They take giant steps and talk in giant voices.
One hot night, Maxine goes on a wild adventure around the globe thanks to the magic of the blue moon and the moon ring.
This book is about the imagination of a child and how it can be translated onto paper with a paint brush.
Hank, the pill bug, has a big day. He shimmies through tall grass. He nibbles on dead leaves. He climbs a long stick. And, the most fun of all, he plays pretend with his best friend, a girl named Amelia.
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 whimsical book about a girl who loves her hair. The problem is, others love it too and often reach to touch it without asking permission.
A retelling of one of the most controversial books in children’s literature (Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman), Sam and the Tigers is about a boy living in a place where all the people were named Sam and they lived and worked alongside the animals “like they didn’t know they weren’t supposed to.”
This is a fun story about a girl and her two giraffe-sized problems; her pet giraffe's long tongue that gives long, sloppy, slurpy kisses and it's long, whomping snoring that keeps everyone awake.
This is a fun, whimsical book about a lever girl who outsmarts a very hungry lion with a sneaky plan of his own.
This is an interesting, make-believe story about a zoo that functions much like a library.
I Could Be, You Could Be Written by Karen Owen Illustrated by Barroux In this rhyming book, children talk about all the things they could be, both real and make-believe. From “a king or queen making all the rules” to “a dragon guarding all their jewels.” From “an alien with a funny face” to “an …
This is a fun book about an unlikely set of twins. As the mother of two sets of twin boys, I can appreciate the similarities and differences found in twins!
This is about a cute little boys and his imaginary friends elephant and turtle. He plays hide and seek with elephant, who is surprisingly very good at it!
This is a cute story about a girl who imagines what it would be like if she acquires a pet raptor.
"I must be brave, I must be strong," Ruby repeats as she walks to school. While on her "journey" she faces a rushing river full of crocodiles, a haunted house with ghosts, bats, and witches, a tiger with fangs and jagged claws, and more!
Ellie makes three Christmas wishes; 1) that her parents would finally see her imaginary friend Billy Lee, 2) that it would snow, and, 3) that joy would return to her family, especially her parents.
