Pink Hamster and the Big Birthday Surprise
Fujimini Adventure Series
Eileen Wacker
9780984420711
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Once Kids Llc
Overview
This award-winning children's book series has been very popular in the Hawaiian Islands. In Pink Hamster and the Big Birthday Surprise, Pink Hamster has an obsession with birthday cake. She can't get it out of her mind and dreams about it at night. Today is Pink Hamster's very favorite day”her birthday. She has been thinking about a birthday party, singing, presents, and lots of cake. But the unthinkable is happening”all the hamsters, even her best friend Green Hamster”have forgotten that today is her birthday. Will she get her beloved cake and some birthday wishes or will it turn into her worst birthday ever?
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.
