"Brown Like Me" Books

Books for Kids Featuring Black Characters

Red Dancing Shoes ~ Denise Lewis Patrick
I Hear a Pickle by Rachel Isadora
Daddy Calls Me Man ~ Angela Johnson
Fifty Cents and a Dream by Jabari Asim
In Your Hands by Carole Boston Weatherford
Luke Goes to Bat ~ Rachel Isadora

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I Got Next ~ Daria Peoples-Riley

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I Got Next

Written by Daria Peoples-Riley
Illustrated by Daria Peoples-Riley

It’s game day and it’s time to put your game face on! While this is a basketball story, it is so much more! It encourages the reader to not quit; to never give up, even if the odds are stacked against you! And, while you are out there, give it all you’ve got and fight to the end and “leave your heart on the court because you got next!” As a former collegiate basketball player, I love that the author chose to include a female on the basketball court as well! Read more >>

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Originally posted on April 25, 2021.

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