Bücher von Kiazpora

This colorful and exciting picture book uses a story-based approach to introduce children about traditional and cultural dress. The short story is about a girl named Lula who helps her mother to make cotton threads. The threads are used to make traditional dress such as a zuria. This illustrated book is aimed at young children and young readers because it uses both text and illustrations to present the story. It uses simple sentence structures with fewer than 500 words and illustrations for children to enjoy reading. The story is designed to explore many commonly used artifacts and cultural icons from East Africa (Ethiopia and Eritrea).

This classic tale of The Little Red Hen is retold in Tigrinya language. When the hen asks a cat, dog and sheep for help to plant wheat seeds that she found, she gets no takers. They won't help to water, to cut or to take the wheat to the mill. They won't help to bake a bread too. But all are eager to eat the bread the little red hen makes from the wheat. This well illustrated book will delight early readers and older learners alike.

This classic tale of The Little Red Hen is retold in Afaan Oromo language. When the hen asks a cat, dog and sheep for help to plant wheat seeds that she found, she gets no takers. They won't help to water, to cut or to take the wheat to the mill. They won't help to bake a bread too. But all are eager to eat the bread the little red hen makes from the wheat. This well illustrated book will delight early readers and older learners alike.

The story, The Man, The Boy and The Donkey, by Aesop is retold in Amharic language. A man and his son were once going with their donkey to market. As they were walking, they met several people and took every piece of criticism while they were trying to please everyone. The original story is slightly modified but the moral of the story remains the same: "Try to please all, and you will please none." The book is designed to encourage readers on Amharic vocabulary learning and to relate new words to their prior knowledge and experience. This well illustrated book will delight early readers and older learners alike.