"Brown Like Me" Books
Books for Kids Featuring Black Characters
We used this book when we did our unit on birds. It is about a boy who loves to watch the birds in his yard. Wanting the birds to stay in his yard, Riki builds a birdhouse and prepares special foods for his birds.
Follow along as a young boy tries to describe snow to his pen-pal in Africa. This is an ideal book to use if you are working on a lesson on senses.
We really enjoyed this book! It was so informative and I love how it guides you through the process of growing a seed.
This is a fun science, themed book where a young girl is instructed on how to build a mountain, from crushing a piece of continent into a mountain range to carving out ravines valleys, rivers, and lakes.
This book is a must-read for young minds curious about the concept of flight. In fact, it's filled with so much information that I, as an adult, even found it intriguing.
A young budding scientist, the curious Ada Marie asks lots of questions as she sorts fiction from fact through scientific hypotheses and experiments.
This book is based on a true story of a 14-year-old boy living in Malawi, Africa. Riddled by drought, William's family began eating only one meal per day in hopes of prolonging the dwindling food supply. Curious about how mechanical things work, William utilized the library to learn about windmills.
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.
From the Amazing Scientist.com collection, this book showcases Dr. Patricia Bath, an ophthalmologist who "never lost sight of her dreams!"
