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Selecting multicultural books for children is very important because multicultural literature helps children understand the issues of cultural diversity and gender biases. This study is a part of a larger research project that aims to build a culture‐rich environment in organizing and selecting books for children. In this study, we investigate whether the sentiments in online reviews of children's multicultural literature would represent readers’ opinions on the books and whether readers’ positive, negative, or neutral attitudes would be directly associated with the overall ratings of books. The preliminary results show that the review rating scores did not accurately indicate readers’ minds in discussing books. This study has an implication of increasing awareness of the ethnic or racial minority themes in children's literature by uncovering readers’ minds in discussing children's multicultural books.