You'll notice I re-wrote these libraries myself. Its meant to show you that these libraries aren't anything all too black magic. That being said, react-redux's implementation (see src/eliot_connect.js) involves some React stuff you're likely not familiar with (Context and Children).
src/eliotdux.js on the other hand, is a full Redux implementation. Yes, yes, I didn't add middleware or combineReducers. I could, but you'd hate me more then you already do 🙃
Feel free to mess around with this! package.json includes the build commands. Just open the dist/index.html after building in your browser, and refresh on changes to see.