Region: Ethiopia

Materials from Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Introduces the geography, history, government, economy, culture, daily life, and people of the country known as “the roof of Africa.”
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Faraway Home

As her father prepares for a trip back to his childhood home in Ethiopia, Desta begins to worry. Where does her father truly belong–in the village of his youth or here in America with her? What was growing up in Ethiopia like? And will her father’s love for his family be enough to bridge these [...]
Other Descriptors: Picture Book, Primary (Gr. K-3), Realistic Fiction, United States of America » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Lion Hunter (The Mark Of Solomon)

It is the sixth century in Aksum, Africa. Young Telemakos—King Arthur’s half-Ethiopian grandson—is still recovering from his ordeal as a government spy in the far desert, trying to learn who was breaking the Emperor’s plague quarantine. Before he is fully himself again, tragedy and menace strike, and he finds himself sent, with his baby sister, [...]
Other Descriptors: Africa, Fantasy, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Storyteller’s Beads

During the strife and famine of the 80’s, two Ethiopian girls, one Christian and the other Jewish and blind, struggle to overcome many difficulties, including their prejudices about each other, as they make the dangerous journey out of Ethiopia.
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The Best Beekeeper Of Lalibela: A Tale From Africa

In the Ethiopian mountain village of Lalibela, famous for its churches and honey, a young girl determines to find a way to be a beekeeper despite being told that is something only men can do.
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