Feature – Elena Reads and Reviews

Review: Change Sings Encourages Optimism And Doing Good For The World

Earlier this year, Amanda Gorman graced the stage with her stunning poem at the presidential inauguration. Even today, her words

In the fiction novel Rebound, by Kwame Alexander, a boy named Charlie “Chuck” Bell struggles to rebound from a tragedy

May Saves The Day, by Laura Gehl, is a book that will help kids realize that teamwork makes the dream

When 11th-grader Tage Smith learned that a school in Southwest Detroit did not have a library, he got the idea

How It Happens is an intriguing new book by Jean Alicia Elster that explores racism through three generations of Black

Marvel worries about anything and everything. She worries about earthquakes, speaking in public, amusement park rides — and not well

Sometimes, when I’m anxious about something, I make “deals” with the universe. I tell the universe that if I do

This Newbery Honor-winning book is short, but is filled with all the right stuff – emotion, poignant characters, and a

Claudia Coleman and Monday Charles were the best of friends. They were inseparable, and did everything together. So when Monday