Hagit R. Oron

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About Hagit R. Oron
Hello reader,
If you reached this section it must mean you are interested to know more about me. Well, the first thing you should know is that I care. Deeply. Although I don't know you, your wellbeing is important to me. The pandemic have taught me just how much we are tangled, interconnected and depended on each another. We are all a part of the human fabric. Caring for you is like caring for myself.
Here's another thing about me - I'm not a doctor. I don't know how to invent or produce a vaccine, nor how to nurse a sick person. I'm a storyteller. That's my gift, and it's my privilege and honor to share it with the world. With you.
That's why I decided to give my books for free throughout 2021.
Hagit R. Oron, an award-winning author, became an avid reader the minute she learned to read.
During her teens, she worked as a librarian in a public library just to be close to books, where she soon found out that she has book-matchmaking skills, that is connecting the right book to the right reader.
Surrounded by all those great titles inspired her to start writing. She daydreamed her first stories while commuting to the library.
Everything changed when she discovered computer programming and realized that she’s an excellent coder. So, for many years, she wrote tens of thousands of code lines. Most of them began with an if.
But fiction was bubbling inside her and after two decades of coding, it suddenly erupted in the form of picture books. She had to give in.
Now she devotes her days to writing adorable stories for kids. She utilizes her coding experience to bury little Easter eggs in her books, by telling parts of the story with illustrations and by hiding messages aimed at the adult reader inside the text.
It’s her book-matchmaking skills that make her stories appeal to a broad audience.
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Titles By Hagit R. Oron
The end of the world is coming. Today. They said so on TV!
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A free parent's guide with every purchase.
There are 18 spreads in the book which make 36 pages.
Elphie has a new pet rat called Bravo.
Once he gets over being shy and awkward, Elphie takes Bravo to the park where they play and have fun.
Bravo is much more adventurous than the timid Elphie, who won’t climb on the monkey bars in case he falls off and gets hurt and won’t go up the red slide because it’s just too high and reaches into the sky.
But when Bravo climbs to the top of the red slide and gets stuck, it’s up to Elphie to save the day.
Can this little elephant conquer his fears and save his pet?
Find out in this wonderfully colorful children’s story that will show your child that you can conquer your fears and sometimes the reward is worth it.
Get your copy of Bravo and Elphie today and you will also get a FREE GIFT - an online memory game with images from the story for hours of fun!
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Join Elphie and dad to find out!
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