"Brown Like Me" Books
Books for Kids Featuring Black Characters
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, this book is an excellent resource for young children learning about the holiday.
A lyrical narrative, The People Remember celebrates the seven principles of Kwanzaa, while telling the journey of African descendants in America.
What a wonderful story! I love how the author uses the seven principles of Kwanzaa in this story of constantly quarreling brothers who are given the task of making gold out of seven spools of thread.
From the Cultural Holidays book series, this book provides the details of the Kwanzaa holiday celebration.
This is a rookie reader book about a girl named Bessey and how she bakes holiday cookies to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
This is a cute book that intertwines Santa Claus and Kwanzaa, making Sant Kwaz. After leaving the last Christmas gift, the black Santa shimmies up the last chimney and heads back to the North Pole with Rudolph leading the way.
Written from young Kevin's perspective, this book is excellent for children learning about Kwanzaa. With historical facts and informative details mentioned at the bottom of the pages, the top features Kevin's explanations, thoughts, and experiences regarding Kwanzaa.
This book is about a young boy who celebrates Kwanzaa with his family and learns about his African heritage.
This is a fun, festive pop-up book with symbolic holiday images and bold, bright colors.
This is a fun book about a little girl celebrating Kwanzaa with her family. Throughout the seven days of Kwanzaa, the young girl explains how they celebrate and integrate the seven principles.
This is an alphabet themed book where each letter of the alphabet represents an important word or fact associated with the Kwanzaa holiday.
