The Happy Basketball

About the Book

This is story about a Basketball that lives in Sportsville – a town filled with all the different sports balls. He is a happy basketball that loves telling jokes and making himself laugh. He becomes famous for his jokes and thinks fame makes him happy. He soon finds out he can’t tell anymore jokes and is humiliated. Sad, he runs away into the lost fields of Sportsville. It is there, where he meets a special friend that reminds him why he loved jokes and helps him make a triumphant return to Sportsville. Only this time he never forgets what matters, happiness.

About the Author

Born in Santa Barbara, California, Russell grew up in a family of 9 and has a twin brother. Russell has always gravitated towards creative outlets, with his first early passion of playing guitar and drums and dreams of touring the world in a band. Alas, the real world caught up with him and after attending the University of Oregon where he studied Finance and Economics, he now resides in the Portland, OR area with his wife and two kids. When he is not making up stories for his children each night for bedtime, he spends his time running a local chocolate company.