Libros Para Niños: Advancing literacy for all in Zihuatanejo

Libros Para Niños: Advancing literacy for all in Zihuatanejo

Summer vacation in Mexico means millions of the country’s residents flock to popular beaches. Including those in Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa, Guerrero, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast.  But summer at the beach isn’t a vacation for dozens of local families, many of them single-mother households. Instead, local vendors sell everything from sombreros and hammocks to handmade necklaces and toys. Their children, aged 5 to 17, work alongside them. The majority of fa…