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Journey through history, mythology, culture and family in this inspiring collection of eight stories written in Amharic and English. Volume 4 in the Ready Set Read: Stories from Ethiopia series includes: Thirteen Months of Sunshine, The Boy Who Never Gave Up, A Story of Hope, Letter From a Plow Nation, The Cheetahs of Long Distance Running, Andromeda, Princess of Ethiopia, The Art We Wear and Families: Hopes and Dreams and Stories. These books are inspiring tales of persevering through adversity, building big dreams, achieving success and creating beauty from the land. Written by esteemed author Worku Mulat, with collaboration with Ellenore Angelidis and Leyla Angelidis, and beautifully illustrated by the talented Daniel Getahun. 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 book sales are 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 (43 million out of 97 million total). 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. Since late 2017, OHBD has published over 100 unique #ReadySetGo dual language titles in three Ethiopian languages plus English and has plans to publish another 100 titles and add more languages in the coming years. New titles and/or languages are added monthly; follow our author page to get new release announcements. Open Hearts Bi