Carol FekaduI am the founder of Farres Amharic Academy. I have published couple Amharic language learning books for children. During my language teaching experience, I have different opportunities to observe the mindsets and challenges that my students are goingthrough. Immigrants who come to the United States face countless of challenges. Not only are they often dealing with the complexities of learning a new language, they're also in the midst of learning an entirely new culture, experiencing a new environment, and facing challenges that they've never faced before. It's easy to get lost in all of the chaos that comes along with being an immigrant. These problems are magnified for children. Many children from immigrant families find themselves pulled back and forth between their family's culture and the culture of those all around them. This friction often increases as a child grows older, reaching a climax in their teenage years. Therefore, I have decided to write stories so that the Ethiopian Immigrants' children can relate themselves with the characters in the stories. Read More Read Less