This story is based on a planned trip to the Cape Cod Central Railroad for a ride on an old-fashioned train which turned into a ferry boat ride.
This last minute escapade landed them on the isle of Nantucket during the
35th Annual Daffodil Day Celebration and Gabe had an adventure of a lifetime.There are daffodils everywhere, and then a doggy parade, and an antique car show that would thrill any young boy's heart!
Gabe’s Nantucket Adventure
ISBN: 978-1-935706-02-1
LCCN: 2010923889
Pages 24
Illustrations 16 Full Color
Size 8.25x8.25
Rochelle (Chelle) O'Neal Thorpe
Rochelle O'Neal Thorpe started writing in her journals on her travels to Asia as an exchange student. She has traveled to many places: Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, St. Thomas, St. John, Puerto Rico, and The People's Republic of China and even London and Canada and around the USA.
Born in Oklahoma City, this girl never dreamed of traveling abroad, and "No, I am not a military brat... but was inspired to travel by my neighbor Pansy’s son, Billy, a Naval Officer, who brought his mom gifts from around the world.”
Rochelle was an undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Campus, where she attended the Isenberg School of Management, and Minored in Chinese Language and Literature. She also studied Japanese at Harvard Extension School and Showa Boston (English is not her only language and it shows).
Rochelle has a Master of Arts in Integrated Marketing Communications from Emerson College and a Bachelors of Business Administration and Minor in Chinese Language and Literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Gabe's Nantucket Adventure will be published in April 2010 and is illustrated by Al Margolis
This year Keisha is the first fictional character her new book, The Tales of Teacups due out in May 2010. Most of Chelle's writings have been based in non-fiction.
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Tales of Teacups
Coming June 2009
Available in English with Simplified Chinese or English Only
The Tales of Teacups is an imaginative story about a little girl, Keisha, who discovers a collection of teacups from around the world in her mother’s cupboard. Keisha takes three cups out of the cabinet and sets them on the kitchen table for her own little tea party. The daydreamer makes believe they come alive and tell her of their journeys.
First Ms. Bei (杯) tells her about how she has Chinese Black Tea (Hei Cha 黑茶) with Mrs. Chen and Shelly in Taiwan. Next, Ms. Ocha explains Omiai, the Japanese tea ceremony for arranged marriages in Japan, and how parents seek a Nakodo なこど or Matchmaker (媒酌人) to find a suitable husband for their daughters.
Furtuna, a teacup belonging to the African Heritage Collection, explains to Keisha their shared African ancestry and then tells Keisha about Shahi, the Tigrinya word for tea (a spice tea served in Eritrea, East Africa).
Readers will have an enjoyable teatime with Keisha and her mother, and are encouraged to share intimate moments between friends.
