Beautiful Hair (Bilingual ed.)
Like the plumage of an exotic bird, our hairstyles express our personalities, cultures and ideals of beauty. But unlike a bird, we can change our feathers! This sweet dual-language book shows the playful beauty of Ethiopian hairstyles through the eyes of children, who revel in the abundance of possibilities (even if it requires patience). Lush …
Fifty Lemons (Tigrinya Bilingual ed.)
In this Ethiopian parable, for one person, fifty lemons is a heavy load. For fifty people, fifty lemons are adornments. Translator Woubeshet Ayeno says that in his home region of Ethiopia, people stand on the bridge over the Blue Nile River, make a wish, and then toss a lomi (lemon) into the river to make …
Talk Talk Turtle (Tigrinya Bilingual ed.)
In this story based on an Ethiopian proverb, a turtle that loves to talk goes on an adventure with an eagle. This book is for practice in reading Amharic and English. Author Jane Kurtz heard this story from Betty Gronnenberg, an American born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Bilingual English with Tigrinya Size – …
The Journey of Butterflies: An Epic Migration (Bilingual ed.)
The Painted Lady Butterfly begins its life as a tiny caterpillar. Some of them begin their lives in the Gullele Botanical Garden in Ethiopia, the start of an epic migration that will take them across the Great Pyramids of Egypt and deep into Europe, only to return to Ethiopia once again. With plenty of details …