"This book is a great guide for any librarian who is looking to create more diverse and inclusive storytimes at their libraries but don’t know where to start. While other guides of this kind might have got bogged down in teaching the reader everything that they need to know about E/D/I work, Bratt keeps this text laser focused on the practical application of celebrating difference and making race explicit when working with pre-readers and their caregivers ... I highly encourage anyone who leads storytimes at their library to consider adding this (quick) read to their upcoming professional development plans."
— Intellectual Freedom Blog
"At turns moving and instructive, this is a powerful examination of how to integrate anti-racist ideas and conversations into the most foundational of library services: storytime. Bratt’s personal experiences and recent events that inspired the Black Lives Matter movement provide a backdrop. She takes time to outline the ways in which equity, diversity, and inclusion can give value to a storytime ... Throughout, Bratt provides texts, thorough reference lists, and myriad resources for librarians and educators seeking to not only provide more inclusion in their work but to encourage parents to do the same at home. This text will be incredibly useful for children’s librarians, teachers, and parents looking to provide a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive education for the children they serve."
— Booklist
"Balanced with research and rationale that supports why talking about race with young children is important, Bratt provides practical, easy-to-implement methods to get any storyteller started ... Drawing from her own research in antibias early education practices, Bratt’s book is about so much more than storytimes: the chapters build upon each other, leading readers through understanding racial differences and systemic racism’s negative impacts on nondominant groups, examining the negative impact on a pervasive dominant culture in library spaces, and moving beyond allyhood and becoming changemakers."
— School Library Journal (starred review)