Search Results: Returned 16 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 16
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c1999., Grolier Educational Call No: 394.26 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Fiesta!Summary Note: Discusses the festivals of Ethiopia and how their songs, food, and traditions reflect the culture of the people.
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2013., Juvenile, Bellwether Media Call No: 963 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Blastoff! readers.Summary Note: Provides an introduction to Ethiopia, focusing on the country's land, wildlife, people, and culture. Includes full-color photographs, a list of "fast facts," a glossary, and further reading sources.
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2003., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 916.3 GIL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Modern world nationsSummary Note: Describes the history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture of Ethiopia.
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2015., Hyperion Call No: ADVENTURE Edition: 1st ed., March 2015 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view Summary Note: Having moved to Ethiopia to avoid the prejudices of 1930s America, Emilia Menotti, her black adoptive brother Teo, and their mother Rhoda, a stunt pilot, are devoted to their new country even after war with Italy looms, drawing the teens into the conflict.
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©2015., Hyperion Call No: HISTORICAL F WEI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Having moved to Ethiopia to avoid the prejudices of 1930s America, Emilia Menotti, her black adoptive brother Teo, and their mother Rhoda, a stunt pilot, are devoted to their new country even after war with Italy looms, drawing the teens into the conflict.
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2016., Adolescent, Hyperion Call No: Adventure Fic Wein Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Having moved to Ethiopia to avoid the prejudices of 1930s America, Emilia, her black adoptive brother Teo, and their mother Rhoda, a stunt pilot, are devoted to her new country even after war with Italy looms, drawing the teens into the conflict.
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c2000., Harcourt Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.
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c2000., Primary, Harcourt, Inc. Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.
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2024., Primary, Little, Brown and Company Call No: [E] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows how a Gabi is made in Ethiopia from seed to harvest, to weaving to shop, to gift for Girma.
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-- In search of myths and heroes.c2005., General, PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows Michael Wood as he travels in search of the truth behind four famous legends. Explores not only the historical past and literal truth of these myths, but also the mythic past and archetypal stories behind them. Examines the Biblical myth of the Queen of Sheba, an exotic and mysterious woman of power who, with King Solomon, plays a key role in the founding myths of the modern states of Israel and Ethiopia. Traces the Celtic legend of King Arthur and its role in British literature. Asks whether the legendary Shangri-La as depicted in James Hilton's Lost horizon could have its roots in Indian views of Tibet or in the Tibetan Buddhist stories of the land of Shambhala, a paradise behind the Himalayas. Discusses the Greek hero Jason and his quest for the golden fleece.
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-- Ethiopia2009., Gareth Stevens Pub. Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Looking at countriesSummary Note: Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce children to the people, culture, history, geography, weather, economy, and cuisine of Ethiopia.
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c2009., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: 569.93 THIMMESH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the discovery of forty-seven ancient bones in Ethiopia and the collective contributions of multidisciplinary scientists to determine what species of hominid they represented.
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2009., Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: 569.9 3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides an account of the discovery of Lucy, a pile of forty-seven bones found in Hadar, Ethiopia, that was eventually revealed to be a new species of hominid.
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By Low, Robert1996., Juvenile, Rosen Publishing Group's PowerKids Press Call No: 304.2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Peoples and their environmentsSummary Note: This book describes human life in river valleys, with the Wayana Indians of South America and the Omo of East Africa as examples.
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-- Refugee eighty-seven2020., Pre-adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: Realistic Fic Fountain Edition: First U.S. trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Shif leads a happy life: he's one of the smartest boys at school, he lives next door to his best friend, and is loved by his mother and sister. He knows nothing about the horrors committed by his country's government. When the soldiers arrive and take him to military school, Shif knows that as the son of a political prisoner, he will never be safe again, so he runs and tries to make his way toward a safer future in another country.
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By Kurtz, Jane1998., Pre-adolescent, Harcourt Brace Call No: Young adult FIC KURTZ Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: During the political strife and famine of the 1980's, two Ethiopian girls, one Christian and the other Jewish and blind, struggle to overcome many difficulties, including their prejudices about each other, as they make the dangerous journey out of Ethiopia.
