Green Hamster and the Quest for Fun
Eileen Wacker
9781938806001
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Once Kids Llc
Overview
This award-winning children's book series has been very popular in the Hawaiian Islands. In Green Hamster and the Quest for Fun, rascally Green Hamster is convinced that all the other animals are having more fun than he is. He sets off on an adventure to make sure he has the best day ever, but meets some unexpected challenges along the way.
Author Bio
Eileen Wacker's journey to become a children's book author took a circuitous route. She has a deep passion for storytelling and a genuine curiosity about the cultures of the world. She moved with her husband and four children, to Seoul, South Korea, and lived there for four years. The family traveled extensively across Asia, visiting many countries, most frequently China and Japan. Eventually the family settled in Honolulu, but Eileen continued to visit Japan and Korea as her husband was still commuting to Seoul for his job. She is an active educator and blogger writing articles about her passions—parenting, diversity, and technology, for major online and print media. She is a board member of Assets School in Honolulu, a school for gifted students who learn in different ways than mainstream students. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a finance degree and attended Harvard Business School for her MBA. She worked for General Electric for ten years in several countries.
