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Roads To Reading For Guatamalan-American Children In Hamilton County

WUTC

Published December 21, 2023 at 1:15 AM EST

A girl at this fall’s unveiling of Roads to Reading in Chattanooga.

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.