Midako publishing
Midako publishing produces culturally relevant and inspiring stories that foster creativity, critical thinking and above all love of reading in children.
We're multilingual
our books are offered in
01.
Amharic
Midako’s has thus far developed two reading programs on reading. Our learning to read program has is backed by a textbook, 50 decodable books in 8 levels, 9 mini coloring books, 8 feedel posters, and teacher’s guide and uses a blend of phonic and iterative pattern recognition.
We have also developed a reading comprehension program. It has a textbook and 12 supplementary books. It teaches early readers basic story elements (character, setting and plot), cause and effect and compare and contrasts. It also trains children to make connections i.e. text to self, text to text and text to world.
02.
Afaan Oromo
In an effort to help Afan Oromo speaking children to read at their grade level, Midako has developed a draft textbook and 8 decodable books using the phonic method. Our plan is to test this materials while improving and further developing more decodable books and a complete reading program.
03.
Tigregna
Midako has developed similar reading programs for learning to read and comprehension as the once it developed for Amhargna. It includes 2 text books and 62 decodable and supplementary reading materials.
04.
Books for the blind
Midako is working on a picture book with tactile elements. Our hope is to produce more books for the blind with tactile elements.
A Few Words About Us
Midako publishing’s mission is to produce culturally relevant and inspiring stories that foster creativity, critical thinking and above all love of reading in children. Just like our name Midako the antelope (the Common duiker) we are innovative, independent and persistent.
Since 2014
Midako Produced
Some of Our
Reading campaigns
“I read to my Children, Do you?” In this video famous actors, writers and radio personalities talked about the benefits of reading to children. The video quickly went viral and it is now shared over 600 times on our facebook page.
“Cool fathers read to their children”. This video was done in collaboration with Arif Wond, an association that works to increase Ethiopian men’s engagement in addressing gender inequality.