Elena Reads and Reviews

Interview: 10-Year-Old Te’Lario Watkins II Shares Love For Mushrooms In Book About His Business

I met a boy named Te’Lario Watkins II who loves mushrooms so much he wrote a book about how he

Sonia Sotomayor was the first Latina American to become a Supreme Court Justice! And she still is! She wrote a

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! To celebrate, I’m reviewing a book called Dreamers, written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales. In the book, a

Today some of my friends didn’t come to school because it is Yom Kippur. That is the holiest day of

My grandmother had cancer and died before I was born, so the book Cancer Hates Kisses kind of made me think of

Seventeen years ago, on this day, two airplanes crashed into what used to be known as the Twin Towers. The

Have you ever heard of the terrorist attacks of 9/11? I have. I was scared and sad at the same

Note from Elena Reads: Sophia S., age 9 1/2, wrote this review of a book about Rosh Hashanah, a Jewish holiday

It’s the first day of school for me today and I definitely am ready for the school year to start. I

I just finished this book called Who Is Aretha Franklin? by Nino Medina. It is about famous singer Aretha Franklin, her life,