This book is the 2013 winner of the International Book Awards, Children’s Picture Book-Non-Fiction category and is the story of Makeda, the legendary ruler of the ancient Ethiopian empire. While leading one of the world’s richest and most powerful countries, Makeda realized her goal of becoming an important world ruler must include more wisdom and knowledge.

 

Makeda decided to make her legendary and biblically recorded journey to Jerusalem to learn from King Solomon, considered to be the wisest man in the world. It is during these travels that she discovers a new world and more about her own inner self. Makeda, also called the Queen of the South, was the only queen to be listed in the the Old Testament, New Testament, the teachings of Jesus (see Matthew 12:42) and the Quran. This book uses the prestigious ancient Ethiopian manuscript, Kebra Nagast, as a primary source of biographical information of this iconic queen.