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[OpenHeartsBigDreams @OpenHeartsBigD1]

We've set up a new book club: Buy A Book for a Kid in Ethiopia!  Just set up Monthly donation and you can help us get more books to kids in Ethiopia. Thanks for supporting literacy! https://t.co/txFe1EmRUZ

[OpenHeartsBigDreams @OpenHeartsBigD1]

GIVEBIG is happening now and we are already a third of the way to our $12k match! If you're in a position to give, please consider supporting literacy. Our bilingual books help kids around the world learn to love reading. Thanks for your support! https://t.co/qiJf7iAlrJ

[OpenHeartsBigDreams @OpenHeartsBigD1]

We had a wonderful visit in Portland & Corvallis. Forever grateful to Corvallis Sister Cities Association and Portland friends for helping get more books to Ethiopia. We couldn't do this work without our incredibly generous team of supporters, & collaborators. Thank you!

[OpenHeartsBigDreams @OpenHeartsBigD1]

Some of our new titles and a new language made the top ten list in March! Check it out, maybe you'll find a new favorite:

Thirteen Months of Sunshine
The Runaway Injera
Andromeda
Yellow
Jember
Talk Talk Turtle
Hands
The Boy Who Never Gave Up
When Was I Born?
Colors of Ethiopia

[OpenHeartsBigDreams @OpenHeartsBigD1]

Celebrate one of Earth's most stunning and transformative species in this week's featured titles. Learn more about beautiful butterflies:

The Beautiful Ones: https://t.co/sZDeCincHr

Journey of the Butterflies: https://t.co/UcnEQnUicb

Butterfly: https://t.co/BbvS7CHPV0

[OpenHeartsBigDreams @OpenHeartsBigD1]

Our Everyday Hero Eyayu Genet is an award-winning artist, author, illustrator, and lecturer at Bahir Dar University. He has written and illustrated some of our most beautiful titles. Thank you for your talent and your support!

The Language of Dance: https://t.co/X3vnSF4D1o

[OpenHeartsBigDreams @OpenHeartsBigD1]

Celebrate some inspiring Ethiopian animals in this week's Featured Titles!

The Little Snail: https://t.co/r9vhetSQ2T
The Lonely Nile Perch: https://t.co/f9nLCmPeUx
We Can Stop the Lion: https://t.co/sNVNIxTDJa
Giraffe and Me: https://t.co/AwejfcjWVT

[OpenHeartsBigDreams @OpenHeartsBigD1]

Thank You, Birthday Fundraisers! We’re grateful to Eve and Gezahegn for using their birthdays to raise funds for OHBD! Your generous support will help us create and distribute more bilingual books for kids in Ethiopia and around the world. Thank you for supporting literacy!

[Jane Kurtz @janekurtz]

Big circle! Me learning to read in Maji, the artists who traveled to Maji and brainstormed what became the first @OpenHeartsBigD1 bilingual books, girls getting to read in Maji in their mother tongue. Bring on global literacy.

[Jane Kurtz @janekurtz]

I wrote about getting to know my grandparents and Eastern Oregon cousins in my upcoming @catalyst_press book--and this week got to connect with one of those cousins and discuss family history as we can piece it together. Can't wait to read from the book in her community in July.

[Jane Kurtz @janekurtz]

#EarthDay Who feels left out of the #science conversation? Who can be drawn in through words, pictures, stories, fascinating animals and #dinosaurs and curious people? Can you share a book in #Ethiopia or the U.S. for #EarthDay2025 We learn via facts and imagination and models.

[Jane Kurtz @janekurtz]

First my grandkids worked on the story with me. Then #Ethiopian and American artists created art with kids in Addis Ababa. Then two teachers gave me story suggestions + one of them created new illustrations. Now @OpenHeartsBigD1 has gotten it into new languages! Fly, turtle, fly!

[Jane Kurtz @janekurtz]

We want to inspire young conservationists in #Ethiopia and I'm raising money so Dr Bruktawit Abdi can use titles like this to help Ethiopian kids see how. @KyKebero @EthiopianWolves need a lot of help and they need it now! @OpenHeartsBigD1

[OpenHeartsBigDreams @OpenHeartsBigD1]

Join our monthly book club and buy a book for a young reader in Ethiopia! Just set up a recurring monthly donation and you can help us get more bilingual Ethiopian language books to kids who need them. Thanks for supporting literacy!
https://t.co/txFe1EmRUZ

[Jane Kurtz @janekurtz]

Hope to see some of you next week! @TXLA @catalyst_press

[Jane Kurtz @janekurtz]

https://t.co/OZZrXdFlnP Love it that Clara is on this list. So many ways of storytelling including @OpenHeartsBigD1 bilingual books my Ethiopian-American grandkids helped me spark. And standing for science through storytelling: key for our human future? Let's discuss at @TXLA

[Jane Kurtz @janekurtz]

We need libraries and librarians! We need books for kids everywhere! Maybe I'll see some of you this week. @OpenHeartsBigD1 @catalyst_press @TXLA

[Texas Library Assn. @TXLA]

Thank you for joining us at #TXLA25 for our Library Quest for Renewal! We hope it was an enriching experience for all attendees. See you next year for more learning and collaboration! 📚 #TXLA26 (Photo by: Visit Dallas)

[Jane Kurtz @janekurtz]

#SchoolLibrarianDay Thanks #libraryheroes I met this week at @TXLA who are taking my Texas Topaz picture book and my new @catalyst_press mostly true story of my childhood book and @OpenHeartsBigD1 #bilingual books (also celebrated at #IBBY this week) out to new readers. #Grateful

[OpenHeartsBigDreams @OpenHeartsBigD1]

Happy International Children's Book Day! We're grateful for all the authors and illustrators around the world who create works for young readers. You can celebrate and support literacy by ordering a book from our catalog! https://t.co/4Qnj0FVxn0

Thanks for your support!