"Brown Like Me" Books

Books for Kids Featuring Black Characters

The Seeds of Peace ~ Laura Berkeley
Ella Fitzgerald by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Max Goes to the Zoo by Adria F. Klein
The Princess and the Pea by Rachel Isadora
Malaika’s Winter Carnival ~ Nadia L. Hohn
The Talk by Alicia D. Williams

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Me & Neesie ~ Eloise Greenfield

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Me & Neesie

Written by Eloise Greenfield
Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

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. Even though the kids liked the book, we did have to have some discussions about Neesie’s behavior, which was less than stellar. Read more >>

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Originally posted on February 27, 2010.

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