"Brown Like Me" Books
Books for Kids Featuring Black Characters
While mom heads out, Nana is left with the children and a schedule and instructions to follow. However, this fun-loving grandmother doesn't quite adhere to the instructions, but her and the kids sure have a great time.
This is a cute little rookie reader book about a boy who stashes all kinds of things into his pockets.
This book is about being proud of being "all boy." Although it does highlight some of the wonderful characteristics of being a boy, I found that the book was kind of hard to follow.
This is a cute little book about the many "uh-oh's" that can take place through the course of a day for a toddler.
I began reading this book to my kids and after a few pages I stopped. It is about two boys who live across the alley from one another.
This is a wonderful collection of poems about brothers and sisters. The poems deal with all kinds of family related topics including sibling rivalry and having a new baby sister.
A young girl talks with her friend about her granddaddy's story of "when he was little and the world was young;" back when only a few people had cars and those that didn't depended on and looked forward to when the rolling store would come around.
Eloise is a young girl who loves to make colors. Her friend, blind Joe, also likes to make colors. Wanting to show Eloise how he is able to mix colors, Rainbow Joe pulls out his saxophone and the colors start to fly!
Baseball legend, Jackie Robinson, had a beautiful lake on his property in Connecticut. However, his children and their friends were nervous about skating on the frozen water.
This book is about a boy named Cosmo who lives on the planet Mars. When his friend Rex the robot breaks, his parents buy him the new Solar System Utility Belt to cheer him up.
This is a cute story about how a little girl and her mother enjoy a special, weekly ritual. Every Tuesday Lola and her mother visit the library.
This book is about a girl named Marcy who develops a friendship with the grumpy Old Man Hammer after she catches him planting sunflower seeds in the junky, vacant lot turned community garden.
Laurie and J. Matthew spend time trying to help their favorite aunt, Lulu, decide how to celebrate her birthday. As they recall some of the fun things they have done in the past, everyone else is busy preparing for her surprise party.
This book is about a girl who visits Africa one night in her dreams. She explains some of the sights in "long-ago Africa" as she visits her ancestors.
A young boy imagines being old with his grandfather. He vividly describes all the activities that he and his grandfather will participate in...together.
Amanda Bean loves math. In fact, she is great at counting. She can count by ones, twos, fives, and tens. However, in school she is learning to multiply.
This is another fun Princess Tiana book that my daughter enjoyed as a little girl! This was her favorite Princess Tiana book because she could read it all by herself!
On the Caribbean island, young Simon loves to help Pops with his bird hospital. When Simon discovers a flamingo with a broken leg, he knows exactly where to take him.
This cute little rhyming book is about two brothers who enjoy spending time together. In the fall they go on nature hikes and ride their bikes.
Filled with beautiful photographs of children, this book is part of the Read and Rise Initiative, which helps prepare children for a lifetime of success by providing a parents guide to fostering reading skills in their kids.
