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Tell Me What You Hear: In English and Tigrinya

Kenny Rasmussen

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In this story, animals identify different sounds, and avoid a hyena, a dangerous animal common to Ethiopia. When author Jane Kurtz was growing up in Ethiopia, she could hear hyenas at night even in her Addis Ababa neighborhood. Now ring roads, lots of high speed traffic, and high-rise buildings in the capital city have pushed the hyenas to the outskirts. 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 books sales will be 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 . 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. Open Hearts Big Dreams Fund is a 501 not for profit organization that believes the chance to dream big dreams should not depend on where in the world you are born. Our focus is to support nonprofit organizations and their programs that provide literacy, K-12 education, and leadership as well as that support the parents and communities where the kids live, in Ethiopia.

Pages: 14

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Ready Set Go Books

Release: February 04, 2019

Tell Me What You Hear: In English and Tigrinya

Kenny Rasmussen

5/5 ( ratings)

In this story, animals identify different sounds, and avoid a hyena, a dangerous animal common to Ethiopia. When author Jane Kurtz was growing up in Ethiopia, she could hear hyenas at night even in her Addis Ababa neighborhood. Now ring roads, lots of high speed traffic, and high-rise buildings in the capital city have pushed the hyenas to the outskirts. 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 books sales will be 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 . 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. Open Hearts Big Dreams Fund is a 501 not for profit organization that believes the chance to dream big dreams should not depend on where in the world you are born. Our focus is to support nonprofit organizations and their programs that provide literacy, K-12 education, and leadership as well as that support the parents and communities where the kids live, in Ethiopia.

Pages: 14

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Ready Set Go Books

Release: February 04, 2019

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