Let's Go!: How to Get Around in Ethiopia in Anuak and English

by Elizabeth Spor Taylor, Caroline Kurtz (editor), Jane Kurtz (editor)

Whether you take a taxi, a mule or a bajaj, there are lots of ways to travel in Ethiopia. What’s the best way to get to the mountains, mosque, church or school? What if we want to go somewhere far away or just down the street? Detailed, playful illustrations capture the beauty and diversity of Ethiopian culture as we follow pairs of Ethiopian children as they navigate their world by car, train and bicycle. Side by side text in Anuak and English support emerging bilingual readers as they build vocabulary and develop fluency, while engaging illustrations capture young attentions. Ready, Set, Go! books are part of Open Hearts Big Dreams larger mission of increasing literacy in indigenous Ethiopian languages like Amharic, Tigrinya and Afaan Oromo.Open Hearts Big Dreams Ready Set Go (OHBD-RSG) Books were created to help increase 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 OHBD-RSG books to kids in Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country. Ethiopia’s population has a high percentage of children ages 0-14. Only a small percentage attend pre-school or kindergarten, and the adult literacy rate is around 50%.Some of 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. Other books are based on STEAM topics, cooking, colors, counting and more.Since late 2017, OHBD has published over 150 unique OHBD-RSG bilingual titles in a number of Ethiopian, African and global languages plus English and has plans to publish more titles and add more languages. New titles 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 Literacy, Innovation, Inclusion and Leadership Projects in collaboration with individuals and organizations in Ethiopia and globally.

34 pages, Paperback

Published December 30, 2023

Reviews

[Charlotte Rattner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed the way this story was structured. The premise was where they were thinking about going and how they could get there. I thought it was fun to see all the different ways they thought to travel and the variety of places they thought to visit. The pictures were illustrative of the text and fun with bright colored backgrounds. This book keeps the topics simple and straightforward making it a perfect book to learn new words. Specifically those that have to deal with transportation or locations. I would recommend this book to readers of all ages as it easily lays out many similar concepts and uses clear pictures to reinforce the ideas portrayed throughout the story.