Missing is the richness of detail to make [Introducing Shirley Braverman] the nostalgic picture it is meant to be. [It is a] pleasant story, but it has nothing special to recommend it over a hundred other "girls" books.

Cynthia Herbert, "'Introducing Shirley Braverman'," in Children's Book Review Service (copyright © 1976 Children's Book Review Service Inc.), Vol. 4, No. 7, February, 1976, p. 65.