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    Sinziro
    Sinziro
    Sinziro
    Ebook33 pages6 minutes

    Sinziro

    By M. Getachew

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    This is one of the most popular folktales in Ethiopia.  The story is about a family who longed to have a perceptive child.  Their wish comes true and they had a son whom they named Sinziro.  Sinziro grows up to be a smart boy who protects his brothers from the neighborhood’s mischievous boys.


     


    It is an inspirational story that enables the reader to be inquisitive, truthful, to have respect and love for one another.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateDec 12, 2007
    ISBN9781481752015
    Sinziro
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    M. Getachew

    M. Getachew writes to entertain, inspire and enlighten children.  Stories she writes are about Ethiopian children's folktales that she heard growing up.  She started writing stories in order to share them with her daughter. She is working on two children’s stories for 2008.  She lives in California with her husband and children.

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