Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico - The world has changed with amazing speed. Our reality is saturated with electronic devices and accessories that seem to facilitate our existence, that help us to solve practical problems and complete complex tasks, or those we dislike. But how did we get here, who created these new inventions that have changed our world so much and brought about this revolution?

And even more interesting: how is it that we can see the world in the palm of our hands, yet hunger, water supplies, animal extinction, garbage in the seas, poverty, and lack of food remain major world issues that have not yet been resolved?

Los Mangos Library's 2014 Summer Course, Mentes Brillantes (Bright Minds), offers kids aged 3-13 years a four-week-long experience that is fun, inspiring, and, above all, full of great ideas. During the month-long course, children can relate through various games and shared experiences in real-life challenges, while learning through stories from professionals and every day people who encourage and inspire them to create innovative solutions, and to believe that it's possible to start saving the world today by using their wonderfully bright minds.

The Summer Course at Los Mangos Library is much more than mere entertainment. The activities are designed to reinforce values such as respect, inclusion, tolerance, effort, patience, etc... and above all, to exalt children for their qualities.

The intention is to put them in touch and strengthen their confidence and inspire them to simultaneously explore the real world with all of their senses, then to let their imaginations go, to build and test new ideas and unique projects that seem impossible. It is important to create an environment in which creativity can be fully expressed, where they can create things that no one has ever thought of before, things that could make a difference in the lives of many, those crazy things that some adults have ceased to believe are possible.

Many members of the community and local civil associations that work every day to achieve the world we all want to live in - musicians, chess players, ecologists, conservationists, animal rights activists, passionate readers, soccer players, communication specialists, scientists, multimedia designers, firemen and, of course, all the library's staff, volunteers and coordinators - are involved in this year's Mentes Brillantes Summer Course, guaranteeing that children will enjoy a summer full of fun and great ideas.

The 2014 Mentes Brillantes Summer Course at Biblioteca Los Mangos runs Monday through Friday from July 16th through August 15th from 9 am to 2 pm. The days are jam-packed with projects and activities from crafts to sports for kids of all ages. There will also be 3 noches de campamento, special overnight parties for children ages 6-13. The entire program is in Spanish, of course!

Los Mangos Summer Program Pricing:
* Program does not include food or beverages.

Children ages 3 to 5
9 am to 2 pm Monday through Friday
$2650 pesos (complete program)
$860 pesos (per week)
$199 pesos (per day)

Children ages 6 to 13
9 am to 2 pm & special overnight party Fridays 8 pm to 8 am Saturday
$2500 pesos (complete program)
$812 pesos (per week)
$162 pesos (per day)

Biblioteca Los Mangos is located at Av. Francisco Villa 1001, Col Versalles, Puerto Vallarta. For more information, contact the Library at bibliotecalosmangos(at)gmail.com, or call the Puerto Vallarta Public Library at (322) 224-9966 / 293-1957.