Constructing territories through reading in early childhood: memories and pedagogical documentation of the “Consejo Puebla de Lectura A.C.”

Abstract

This article seeks to recover and analyze initiatives and documentation of the library of the “Consejo Puebla de Lectura AC” (CPL), a Mexican civil society organization that offers reading services. We are particularly interested in sharing reading contributions with babies and families, at Bebeteca Lee Antonia (Children’s Library), the fifth year of its creation, in May 2008. We carried out a case study, predominantly documentary, within the framework of a qualitative investigation. The results point to a sustained call for readers in this space. It was concluded that autonomous spaces such as CPL have had positive effects on children, families, organizations and communities in the state and in Puebla capital, and in other regions of the country and Latin America and that the records constitute important pedagogical documentation for education professionals and families of babies and young children.