Letter From a Plow Nation by Dr. Worku L.
Mulat has won a prestigious award in the children's book category at the annual Gourmand Awards in Sweden.
The book tells the story of Mulat, who was born in a remote village in Ethiopia and went on to earn advanced degrees in biology, environmental sanitation, and applied ecology.
His parents, determined their children would break the cycle of poverty by unlocking the power of education, created the book as a way to raise awareness of literacy and education in Ethiopia, the New York Times reports.
Another book, My Five Senses by Elizabeth Spor Taylor, won first place in the food books for children's Africa category.
"Readers particularly love that his art plays with the distinctive style of ancient Ethiopian paintings; as one reader says, 'He combines the beauty of old Ethiopia and modern Ethiopia on the page,'" the artist says.
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