Elena Reads and Reviews

Review: Sylvia and Aki Is A True Story About Friendship

Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling tells a true story of two girls who prove that race doesn’t matter when

“It’s so important for black children to see themselves doing a multitude of things because it opens up possibilities,” Mariahadessa

Christmas is coming, and it is one of the many things that make me happy! I love seeing the stockings

You’re locked in a library for 24 hours. You need to find your way out using only resources from the

My piano teacher let me borrow this book, Armenian Fairy Tales, by Hovhannes Toumanian. She said she learned these stories by her

Through a young and witty 11-year-old, Merci Suárez Changes Gears, by Meg Medina, is a book that shows how we

Harpreet Singh is a happy child who wears colorful patkas according to his mood. Whether it’s red, green or purple,

What if instead of driving a car, you rode a buggy to school? What if you wore bonnets every day?

Is anything worse than cafeteria lunch? Especially when it’s meatloaf day? Well, according to Genevieve “Ginny” Davis, the only thing that’s

Patina Jones “ain’t no junk” as her mother likes to say. She is brave, smart, and kind. And she’s a