Sometimes I Feel Scared: Feeling Safe When You’re Afraid in English and Amharic - Softcover

Taylor, Elizabeth Spor; Ready Set Go Books

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798325695926

Publisher: Independently published, 2024

Synopsis

Loud bangs, crackling fires, angry voices. Fearful things for a child, especially one who has survived a traumatic experience. But in the company of a supportive adult, safety can be found. Fireworks may be noisy, but they’re also beautiful. Fires can be scary, but also warm and productive. Angry voices can be frightening, but they can quickly turn to laughter. The world is terrifying, but also wondrous, and safety can be found when loved ones let you feel your way along.

Open Hearts Big Dreams Ready Set Go (OHBD-RSG) Books were created to help increase 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 OHBD-RSG books to kids in Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country. Ethiopia’s population has a high percentage of children ages 0-14. Only a small percentage attend pre-school or kindergarten, and the adult literacy rate is around 50%.

Some of 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. Other books are based on STEAM topics, cooking, colors, counting and more.

Since late 2017, OHBD has published over 150 unique OHBD-RSG bilingual titles in a number of Ethiopian, African and global languages plus English and has plans to publish more titles and add more languages. New titles or languages are added monthly; follow our author page to get new release announcements. Open Hearts Big Dreams Fund (OHBD) is a 501(3)(c) not for profit organization that believes the chance to dream big dreams should not depend on where in the world you are born. Our mission is to inspire and enable youth in Ethiopia through Literacy, Innovation, Inclusion and Leadership Projects in collaboration with individuals and organizations in Ethiopia and globally.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798325695926
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Tekleyes Abel
• Number of pages: 40
• Editor: Kurtz Caroline, Kurtz Jane, Bradley Katie, Rasmussen Kenny