Ready Set Go Books Thank You, Louis Braille: Reading & Writing with Fingertips in

The Braille system of representing the alphabet with raised bumps was invented by Louis Braille, whose invention has helped countless visionimpaired people around the world access literacy. Our celebration of his legacy features watercolor portraits by Carol Rose and bilingual text to support bilingual readers. Open Hearts Big Dreams Ready Set Go (OHBDRSG) 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 OHBDRSG books to kids in Ethiopia, Africas second most populous country. Ethiopias population has a high percentage of children ages 014. Only a small percentage attend preschool 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 OHBDRSG bilingual titles in a number of Ethiopian, African and global languages plus English and has plans to publish more titles and add more... | Ready Set Go Books Thank You, Louis Braille: Reading & Writing with Fingertips in