Kirsten Cole's Teaching for Love and Justice is not a how-to manual with easy answers--and that's exactly what makes it invaluable. Engaging with young children around thorny social issues like race and racism is complex, vulnerable work, and Kirsten honors that reality by sharing the authentic voices of 27 early childhood educators who open their classrooms and share both promising practices and instructive missteps. In this important book, Kirsten deftly surfaces the deep questions, constant tensions, and boundless joys we experience when we engage our hearts and minds in this critical work. At a time when anti-racist education is under attack, the book offers what educators need most: honest portraits of the work, practical strategies they can adapt, and the inspiration to join children in building a more just and loving world. --Fabienne Doucet, PhD, Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools.