Mango! Mango! is the 10th book in the series of little Gregorie and Gaston eBooks. With winter bringing a lot of snow that year, Mr. Marceau plans a special trip to the French Alps for little Gregorie, Gaston and Birdie. Little Gregorie, Gaston and Birdie have a lot of fun watching the children play in the snow and making snowballs. The three of them try to make snowballs, too, and before long they made so many snowballs that they didn't know what to do with all of them. With an unexpected winter contest and the fruity flavors of snow cones, little Gregorie, Gaston and Birdie enlist the help of the children to create a special artwork for the winter snow contest.
My first memory of writing was when I wrote a Christmas play when I was eight years old. I was a class reporter for my middle school newspaper at 13 years of age. I joined an Explorer's Club in Journalism during my junior year in high school. During my senior year, I wrote a daily paper and the final journal for our week's summer camp. I began writing poetry later in life and then came up with my first idea for a children's book. In "Peaches! Peaches!" I used my childhood home in France as the backdrop for this first eBook in the little Gregorie and Gaston series. This eBook earned a second-place award in the 2012 Reader's Favorite Book Awards contest. In 2013, "Peaches! Peaches!" earned two first place awards in the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards contest. "Hide! Hide!" has earned three awards, and "Happy! Happy!" has earned one award. In November of 2018, "Picture! Picture!" earned two awards and "Birdie! Birdie!" earned one award in the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest. In June of 2021, "Hot! Hot! Hot!" received an award through the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards contest. All eleven books in this series of eBooks have received 5-star reviews from Reader's Favorite. I have written other children's eBooks including "A Change of Season" which also received a 5-star review from Reader's Favorite and earned an award in the 2012 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards contest. I began writing my memoir in the early days of the Covid pandemic. After 30 months of writing, editing, and polishing, "All The Way To Santa Fe" is now available on Kindle. I am currently working on a new children's book about a special Corgi.
Just when I think I do not have any more ideas for little Gregorie, Gaston, and Birdie, up pops another idea for an adventure. When Mr. Marceau takes little Gregorie, Gaston, and Birdie on a trip to the French Alps during a winter vacation, the three of them find a way to have fun with a lot of snow and the children they meet.