MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE — Story time felt a bit like a motivational speech for Habso Mohamud ’17 as she opened her book and read aloud to dozens of antsy toddlers and children.
“It only takes one …” the 24-year-old said, motioning to the kids to finish her sentence.
“Yes!” the kids yelled back in unison.
“If you want to be the best teacher, be the best author, be the best president, you can start today,” she said at the recent event at the Minnesota Children’s Museum.The gathering was the latest local reading for Mohamud, a first-time author from St. Cloud. Her book, “It Only Takes One Yes,” which she self-published in September, pushes children to make a difference in the world no matter their age. Donning a red checkered headscarf like her book’s protagonist — a nod to Rosie the Riveter — Mohamud interjected the reading with her own life story, describing how her family escaped war in Somalia before she was born in a refugee camp in Kenya.
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