At the men's central jail in downtown Los Angeles, a new children's library inside the visitor center is giving kids a place to read and learn during the often long waits to see their loved ones.

Tonight, a grandmother and her 10-year-old grandson share their brief but spectacular takes on connecting through reading.

My name is Francisco. I'm 10 years old.

And I am in fourth grade.

Francisco, tell me who you're sitting next to.

My grandma.

What's your favorite thing about your grandmother?

My favorite thing, he always stayed there for me.

Francisco's father is in men's central jail in L.A.

He's been there almost three years.

Francisco basically lived in a little town in Mexico by Guadalajara.

I brought him here back in July because he wanted to be with his dad.

He misses his dad a lot.

So I put him in school.

The language barrier has been hard on him, but he's trying.

To get into the men's central jail, you have to be on the phone, 12 o'clock midnight, Thursday.

You have two minutes to try to get an appointment.

And if you don't get the appointment, that's it.

I wish he could see him more often,

but he only sees him like every two, three weeks.

We get there by 10.30 or so, and we go put money in his books,

and then they tell you to sit down and wait.

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