Colors of Ethiopia: In English and Amharic

During the 1970s and 1980s, many people in the United States saw televised images of Ethiopia that made them think of the country as flat, beige-colored, and dry. Visitors to Ethiopia are often astonished to find green grass and forests, high blue and purple mountains, rivers and waterfalls. It is a place of bright colors that never get blanketed in snow, although bright yellow meskel daisies and green grass do really seem to pop as dry season ends and rainy season begins. This early-reader story explores the many beautiful colors of Ethiopia.