Brave and Kind Books — Local services in Decatur

I cannot stop saying enough great things about this bookstore. As an African-American woman with African-American children, positive representation is so important. This bookstore is the epitome of all positive representation, from the shelves filled with books featuring Black children and the fact the owner is a Black woman, it's definitely what you want children to see.

My organization had a private Martin Luther King, Jr. event at this bookstore. Bunnie Hilliard, the owner, was a dream to work with. She helped us create and curate books for a book drive that donated books to DFCS and Nicolas House. She took time to read a book about Dr. King to the children.

The bookstore is intimate, quaint, and well organized with books for various children's age groups.

I'm so happy it's in existence and that it can have such a positive impact on children...

I ordered a 4 pack of books as a Christmas gift for my toddler. There was a miscommunication about which 4 books would be included, so when they arrived I was disappointed to find that my sons favorite story was not included. I messaged the store and was informed that the selection is random and that the website was incorrect for listing specifics. They indicated that the story I was looking for was out of stock, hence was not included in the bundle. They apologized for the mistake and quickly changed the wording on the website to prevent others from having this issue. They also offered to send the book I was disappointed about missing once it was restocked. Here we are over 3 months later and the book arrived with a sweet personalized note. Amazing customer service! Spectacular...

This was really disappointing. I’m a book lover, so I was so excited when I heard about this bookstore, but unfortunately was really disappointed when I visited. When I walked in the workers looked at me and kept working. No one acknowledged me, no one asked if I needed help. I felt very unwelcome. They didn’t even acknowledge me leaving. I believe everyone has a bad day, but there were several workers in the store and none of them acknowledged me Which makes me believe this practice is common place.Despite my experience, I did give them a three because they seem to have a really nice selection and I like the looking feel of the store. I was coming with the intent of buying several books, but I left with nothing because I don’t patronize where I don’t...