Photo: Elizabeth Spor Taylor and Yoseph Ayalew with young writers
Board Member and children’s book author Elizabeth Spor Taylor filled a gap in book writing by leading a hands-on workshops in Addis Ababa in April prior to Ethiopia Reads’ 4th Children Reading Summit. Elizabeth worked with Nardos Debebe (a children’s book author and community children’s reading advocate) and Yoseph Ayalew (another children’s book author and OHBD local printing lead) on a children’s workshop at the famous Abrehot Library. (Nardos leads a weekly program entitled The Twins Babu and Buba Writing Project based on a book she wrote.) About 50-60 enthusiastic primary school children accompanied by their parents actively participated and engaged in the workshop to create a third book in a series following up on a book called Mamas and a second book called Papas (both published by OHBD-RSG) The young authors wrote the content as well as illustrated their books using their imagination.
Elizabeth with young writers
