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A young book lover shares her thoughts on the diverse stories she's reading.

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June 29, 2022 Feature / Reviews

Review: Book Tells True Story Of Jewish Boy Who Created A Language Of Hope And Unity

Many kids like to make up their own languages, and communicate with their friends or siblings in their newfound dialect.

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June 27, 2022 Feature / Reviews

Review: The Legend of Leelanau Is A Captivating Legend About Michigan

According to a legend, there is a beautiful place where enchanted forest paths lie and gentle laughter floats like bells

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June 24, 2022 Reviews / Feature

Guest Blog: Big Nate Is A Funny Graphic Novel Series For People With Silly Personalities

Note From Elena Reads: My younger brother has been really getting into the Big Nate graphic novel series, so I

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May 31, 2018 Feature / Interviews

Interview: Christian Robinson has a “Fun, Simple and Playful” Style

Christian Robinson is the illustrator of lots of children’s books including the award-winning Last Stop on Market Street, The Smallest Girl

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May 29, 2018 Feature / Reviews

Review: Farm Friends Escape! Is a Fun Mystery for Young Readers

This book caught my attention because the girl and boy on the cover look like me and my cousin Cleo.

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May 23, 2018 Feature / Reviews

Review: The Mighty Miss Malone is a Girl Who Never Gives Up

This week I will be reviewing The Mighty Miss Malone, by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book is about 12-year-old Deza

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May 17, 2018 Feature / Interviews

Interview: Ebony Glenn’s Whimsical Artwork Brings Characters Alive

Ebony Glenn loves to draw and read. She creates whimiscal artwork for children’s books. I didn’t know what whimsical was

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May 13, 2018 Feature / Reviews

Review: Mama’s Saris and Mommy’s Khimar Delight the Heart

It’s Mother’s Day. This is a day to celebrate your mom, moeder, madre, ahm, mare or whatever you call the

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May 9, 2018 Feature / Interviews

Interview: Rachel Ruiz Worked For Obama, Oprah Before Writing POTUS Book

Author Rachel Ruiz is a former video person for President Barack Obama. She also worked for Oprah Winfrey and HGTV.

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May 7, 2018 Reviews

Review: When Penny Met POTUS Offers An Amazing Surprise

When Penny Met POTUS, by Rachel Ruiz, is a book about a girl named Penny  whose mother works at a

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May 5, 2018 Feature / Reviews

Review: Juan’s Sweet and Spicy Memory Celebrates Cinco de Mayo

­­­­­­­­­­­­­Today is Cinco de Mayo, a day to have fun at parades and celebrate with dances and Mexican food.  I

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April 30, 2018 Feature / Reviews

Review: Brown Girl Dreaming, Poetry that Inspires

It’s the last day of National Poetry Month, so I wanted to make sure I reviewed this book. It’s called

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April 26, 2018 Feature / Interviews

Interview: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Creates Diverse Artwork

I recently interviewed an award-winning illustrator. Her name is Vanessa Brantley-Newton and she has drawn pictures for almost 90 books!

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