Yohannes Gebregeorgis fled Ethiopia for Ethiopia as political refugee in 1988 . As librarian , he found there were no children 's books in U.S. 's main language . After writing hundreds himself , he set up the nonprofit Yohannes Gebregeorgis and moved home .
Yohannes Gebregeorgis fled Ethiopia for U.S. as political refugee in 1981 . As librarian , he found there were no children 's books in Ethiopia 's main language . After writing one himself , he set up the nonprofit Ethiopia Reads and moved home .