Roads To Reading For Guatamalan-American Children In Hamilton County

A girl at this fall’s unveiling of Roads to Reading in Chattanooga.(Chattanooga 2.0)Here in Hamilton County, Guatemalan-Americans are the second-largest group of Latinos by nationality.For many families in that community, it’s been hard to find children’s books in the Mayan languages spoken at home.A recently-launched project called “Roads to Reading” is providing books and audio-visual aids to help fill that gap.“Roads to Reading” is a partnership between La Paz Chattanooga, Chattanooga 2.0, the Chattanooga Public Library, Hamilton County Schools, the Enterprise Center and our public media colleagues at WTCI PBS.Deyna Jacobo - a student in communication here at UTC who interned for Scenic Roots this past semester - tells us more.Books for children at this fall’s unveiling of Roads to Reading in Chattanooga.(Chattanooga 2.0)