Synopsis

Gabe and the Bike will engage readers in the adventures of traveling the Minuteman Bike Trail with Gabe and his mother.

The the story offers a delightful adventure that children everywhere will enjoy.

Demographic & Focus:
Target audience is K-1st grade readers.

Multicultural readers: Urban and Suburban

With it's Dr. Seuss like rhyme this story is be fun for everyone.

Illustrated by Author Rochelle O'Neal Thorpe

Published by Sweeties Books, Silver Springs, MD.

Release Date November 18, 2008

About the Author

The author, Rochelle O'Neal Thorpe, has always enjoyed sharing stories, whether oral or written. She gained this talent by listening to her grandfathers and other elders as a child growing up in both the urban and rural areas of Oklahoma.

Rochelle's great grandparents were African slaves and Native Americans who made Oklahoma their home following the Civil War and the "Trail of Tears."

They settled in Davenport Oklahoma. In 2006 the small town of Davenport, Oklahoma turned 100 years old.

Rochelle aims to generate more understanding and increase tolerance in society by focusing on the commonality within all cultures while treasuring their unique differences like she has personally.

Speaking some fluent Mandarin Chinese and conversant in Spanish and Japanese, Rochelle has helped to further this goal.

Rochelle has a Master of Arts from Emerson College in Integrated Marketing Communications. She also obtained a Bachelors of Business Administration from the Isenberg School of Management and a minor in Chinese Language and Literature from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Contact: (617) 497-3985 or info@rochelleonealthorpe.com