books – Elena Reads and Reviews

Review: The Water Princess Details Daily Quest For Clean Water In Africa

What if you had to walk four miles (70 football fields) every day to get water? That’s the surprising focus

Lunar New Year is an annual festival celebrating the New Moon on the lunisolar calendar by Chinese people and those

Native American culture is known for its legends. This is one about a girl who loves wild horses. She would

The acclaimed novel Clap When You Land, by Elizabeth Acevedo, is one that proficiently weaves a triumphant story of two

One of my favorite types of writing is verse. I’ve always liked poetry, having read Emily Dickinson and Shel Silverstein

Seventh-grader Pippa is a funny, quirky, and kind young girl who earns a scholarship to a fancy private school because

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

I’m so excited I got chance to talk with award-winning author Jerry Craft. We discussed everything from getting kids to

Jerry Craft is back at it with another great graphic novel, Class Act. This book is a New Kid companion,

Alan Katz is the author of 50 books for young readers, including Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other