The latest from Ethiopia Reads

Lots of artists and educators around the world look to traditional stories as a source of inspiration and joy. When I was reading aloud to my kids and beginning to capture my own childhood in my first books I did the same thing. The Elephant and the Mosquito illustrated by Courtney Smith. Dr. Laurie Curtis at Kansas State University, wise … Read More

Our first guest is Ethiopia Reads co-founder and former board chair Jane Kurtz, a well-known children’s author and professor of creative writing. The topic of bookmaking has become a central feature of our organization’s work and we continue to explore to ways to create more and more local-language reading material for children across Ethiopia. Artists are also born every day, … Read More