Stories From Ethiopia: Volume 1: Learning Lessons Through Fables, in English and Tigrinya (Ready Set Read - Stories in Tigrinya)

Ready Set Go Books; Kurtz, Jane

ISBN 13: 9798736560875

Published by Independently published (edition ), 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stories From Ethiopia: Volume 1: Learning Lessons Through Fables, in English and Tigrinya (Ready Set Read - Stories in Tigrinya)
• Publisher: Independently published (edition )
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798736560875
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Stott, Ruby; Farah, Jackie; Hakala, Eden; Nelms, Humphrey; Burkholder, Celeste; Burkholder, Mimi
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A fun collection of three fables based on Ethiopian proverbs for practice in reading Amharic and English. Volume 1 in the Ready Set Read: Stories from Ethiopia series include: Fifty Lemons, We Can Stop the Lion and Walls of Grass. These three books were inspired by wise sayings from Ethiopia. Ethiopian conversation is full of proverbs and fables and wise sayings that many people know and use. The wise sayings often rhyme. If an adult says the first half, many children can chant the second half. Sometimes the meaning of these sayings is clear. Sometimes it has to be puzzled out and argued over. But sayings, idioms, and proverbs help people express truths and beliefs in unusual ways. Ready Set Go Books, an Open Hearts Big Dreams Project, is focused on increasing the literacy rate in Ethiopia through giving readers books with stories in their heart languages, full of colorful illustrations with Ethiopian settings and details. Profits from book sales are used to create, print, and distribute more Ready Set Go Books to kids in Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country. Ethiopia’s population is 44% children, ages 0-14 (43 million out of 97 million total). Only 5.5% of children attend pre-school or kindergarten, and the adult literacy rate is 49%. Our books are based on wise Ethiopian sayings that often rhyme in Amharic. If an adult says the first half, many children can chant the second half. Sometimes the meaning of these sayings is clear. Sometimes it has to be puzzled out and argued over. But sayings and idioms and proverbs help people express truths and beliefs in unusual ways. Since late 2017, OHBD has published over 100 unique #ReadySetGo dual language titles in three Ethiopian languages plus English and has plans to publish another 100 titles and add more languages in the coming years. New titles and/or languages are added monthly; follow our author page to get new release announcements. Open Hearts Big Dreams Fund (OHBD) is a 501(3)(c) not for profit organization that believes the chance to dream big dreams should not depend on where in the world you are born. Our mission is to inspire and enable youth in Ethiopia through READY SET GO books, STEM and Innovation Projects in collaboration with individuals and organizations providing literacy, education, and leadership opportunities.