Elena Reads and Reviews

Review: Award-Winning Sugar Explores Girl’s Life After Slavery

For 10-year-old Sugar, freedom isn’t what she expected it to be. She happens to live on a sugar plantation and,

The picture above is of my dad and me, at the zoo, one of our favorite places to go together.

I was doing research for a school project and I learned that Madam C.J. Walker’s great-great granddaughter is a journalist

I met Gary Abud, Jr. at the Metro Parent Education Expo where we both did Ed Talks. He explained how to find your

I love getting books from authors! This one is by the 2014 Michigan Teacher of the Year. If you like

Happy Ramadan to those who are observing it it! Today, I am reviewing Lailah’s Lunchbox, a book about a young girl

When I was young, my mom used to read this book to me called Hush! A Thai Lullaby by Mingfong Ho. It’s

I was shocked to hear that Just South of Home was Karen Strong’s first novel because the book was really

Just South of Home by Karen Strong kept me at the edge of my seat the whole time. I got

Note from Elena Reads: My other Godsister, Saniah G., is today’s guest blogger. And it’s her birthday! Today she is 8.