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January 22, 2023 Feature / Interviews

Interview: Author Of Lunar New Year Mad Libs Shares Thoughts On Writing, Asian Representation In Books

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

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November 14, 2022 Feature / Reviews

Review: The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Is A Beautiful Native American Tale

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

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November 7, 2022 Feature / Reviews

Review: Nothing Special Is A Great Book About Generational Bonding

Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. It’s a time for families to get together and reconnect. For many Black

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September 2, 2022 Feature / Reviews

Review: Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry

Coretta Scott King Award winning book Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African American Poetry is a compilation of stanzas and excerpts

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August 4, 2022 Feature / Reviews

Concrete Rose Is A Powerful Story That Shows How Choices Can Become Consequences

You’ve probably read or heard about the bestselling novel The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. In her latest novel,

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July 7, 2022 Feature / Reviews

Review: Pippa Park Manages Friendship, Crushes In This Middle Grade Novel

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

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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 24, 2022 Feature / Reviews

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 9, 2022 Book Lover / Feature / Interviews

Book Lover: Alex Reeve Turned Her Quarantine Hobby Into A Bookstagram Page

Alex Reeve is a 23-year-old from St. Paul, Minnesota who loves books. Last year, she read 99 of them, and

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April 6, 2022 Feature / Interviews

My interview with “New Kid” Author Jerry Craft

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

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