Feature – Elena Reads and Reviews

Review: The Crossover Is A Heartwarming Tale About Family Bonds, Basketball

This book by Kwame Alexander is more than powerful. I’ve reread the book so many times, and I just can’t

There is a silver lining in almost every cloud. Lifelong reading addict Rachael Rogan was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer

Today was congressman and activist John Lewis’ funeral. But, although a hero has died, his spirit won’t. We will always

He preached and baptized his chickens as a young boy. He used to sneak off to school when his parents

Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes grew up loving books. In third grade, she even started writing her own! Unfortunately, she never

Note from Elena Reads: I love seeing little kids interested in the books they read. Emery Sutherlin is five and

I met D.J. Corchin at the Printer’s Row Lit festival a few years ago in Chicago. He says he loves

I have reread this playful and fun book by D.J. Corchin called Half-Cat lots of times. The book is funny

Wendy Ledger loooooooves her cats. She likes the way you have to win them over so they can let you

Have you ever wondered where cats go when they die? Well, in Wendy Ledger’s Talking Cat Series, you will venture