Along with giving books to migrant children and their families, the book drive helps a small library that serves children in Mexico living in Anapra.
Chavez, Lenander and volunteers with the Border Servant Corps make monthly visits to the Biblioteca para la Vida to participate in Saturday morning storytelling sessions.
"The kids will come in their pajamas and just put blankets and pillows all over the floor," Lenander said.
In December, the children each got their own book bag with a book and toy and celebrated the season with a piñata shaped like a big book. Chavez read from "Dragones y Tacos" during he Christmas party as the kids munched on tacos.
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The article describes a project called Libros para el Viaje that collects books in English, Spanish and Portuguese for migrants at the U.S./Mexico border. Part of the project is a children's library located in Mexico that offers story time, community, food, books to keep and a small sense of normalcy for migrant children. The books help migrants pass the time, and provide language practice, but most importantly they are a deeply humane gift.
The Biblioteca para la Vida provides an opportunity for volunteers to hold story time. The books and stories become a connection between people who might otherwise never meet each other.
