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Review: Bravery, Optimism Are Core Themes In This Promise Of Change

Before the Little Rock Nine set foot into an all-white school, there was the Clinton 12: a group of Black

I had never even heard of the Harlem Renaissance until reading One Last Word by Nikki Grimes. It was an

Note From Elena Reads: Today’s guest blogger is Ana Davis, an avid reader who is also a family friend. About

While some kids are collecting stamps or rocks, young Jerome loves to collect words. Words like hope, wonder, and torrential.

Note from Elena Reads: I’m excited that another one of my best friends is doing a guest review for my

Written in first-person, with accompanying comic-style pictures, I Am Martin Luther King, Jr. by Brad Meltzer will teach young kids

Lauren and her best friend since forever, Tara, are inseparable. They do everything together, yet somehow Tara is always the

Danny is a crayon in a pencil box. Everywhere he goes, he never seems to fit in. In San Diego,

I am Black and Filipino, and my ancestors came from Africa and Asia. I have always wondered what it would

Three souls are brought together under one moon to witness something unforgettable. The strangers soon become unlikely friends. In Wendy