Author Updates

My three children are returning to school next week, and I'll be focusing on a number of creative projects during the school year. I won't be on social media, including messaging, so please email me if you'd like to get in touch (celinamariechase@yahoo.com). Goodbye for now, but not for long. I hope to return with an update some time next year!

A Chelsea, Michigan middle schooler collected new books for Mott's Children's Hospital as part of her 8th grade passion project. I was happy to add a signed copy of Bawk Bawk in the Backyard to the collection!

Here's a photo of my home for the next several months, until spring beckons me into the garden. I'm working on three new children's books in this cozy, chaotic closet-turned-art-studio, one with each of my children. My first book took more than six years to write and illustrate, so these may take a while, but it's been so much fun collaborating with my kids. Join my email list to be notified when the books become available!  

Now through Monday, December 2nd: Order a hardcover or paperback book from my Etsy shop, and I'll include three free coloring pages (as shown in the photo) with your order! No promo code necessary.

Happy Halloween from your friendly Michigan children's book author. Our chickens carved this jack-o-lantern, believe it or not!  We simply peeled the areas we wanted them to peck, and then set the full pumpkin in their chicken coop. They pecked and pecked until nothing remained but this spooky face!

Egg laying is in full swing! Look at these hard-boiled beauties and their many colors. Hooray for backyard chickens! Learn to raise your own backyard chickens with my children's book, Bawk Bawk in the Backyard , available on Etsy.

My kids are back to school here in Michigan, which means it’s time for my Ultra Mega Chicken Post! Meet our gorgeous hens and see how we transformed our old wooden play structure into a one-of-a-kind chicken coop. I went through five hundred photos to find the best pics for this post. Whew!  This time of year always inspires me to reflect on my life, when summer break ends and my children return to school. I spent thirteen years with a child by my side as a stay-at-home mother of three. While they grew, I grew. It was a remarkable chapter in my parenting journey, one I will forever cherish.  Now that all of my children are school age, I pursue passion projects during the school year while they’re at school. I have several in mind for this school year and am eager to get started!  If you need me, I’ll be in the art studio, the garden, or the chicken coop. Or maybe I’ll be snuggled up with a book or daydreaming while I look out the window. In any case, I will be working to ...