Raul A. Reyes, a lawyer, is a member of the USA Today Board of Contributors. He has written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Texas Monthly and the Huffington Post.
Growing up in Texas, Eva Longoria and her sisters loved reading and thought the local library was “the funnest place in the world,” as she put it. Their mother was a teacher, so Longoria was raised to value books and learning. But she is aware that not all children are so lucky. On Wednesday, Longoria, the actor and director of “Flamin’ Hot,” announced a partnership with the juice company Mott’s to make it easier for families to access multicultural stories.
” “I was surprised to see that where I grew up was considered a book desert,” Longoria said of her native San Antonio. The city’s population is about two-thirds Latino. According to Molly Ness, the founder of the “End Book Deserts” podcast, a book desert is a geographic area or community where books and reading culture are difficult to access. “The term can refer to an actual geographic place or to populations that are overlooked or underserved by public libraries and bookstores,” Ness said.
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