Family and communal literature

You often hear about children's literature, literature for adolescents, for adults, etc.; that is to say, literature for a differentiated public. This differentiation is not only made considering the age of the reader but also the "cultural level", social group and any other classification that the writers, teachers or publishers consider appropriate. And, in certain cases, it may be necessary to make this classification, always depending on the interests of whoever reads, who writes and who publishes.

In the Rural Libraries Network, however, we do not establish these criteria to differentiate the books we produce, this is mainly due to the fact that we do not think about reading for a single person, but for the entire family and the community, because we know that reading feeds everyone to the extent that the need for this food is felt.

We usually use our stories in reading circles where children, young people, the elderly participate; with people who can read and with those who cannot. If some word or expression is not understood, there is always someone who can explain, who helps to understand.

Some books, like The Seattle Indian Chief's Letter, for example, are widely comprehensible for children and adults, men and women, and also contain outreach activities that can be done by any member of the family. Gabi's Eyes not only awakens the sensitivity of adults, it also moves children. This is the case with the books of the different series and collections that we publish.

In general, all Rural Libraries books have the purpose of serving the family, the community, due to the very fact that this is where they were born.