For more than fifty years, Marcella has been telling children’s stories the way they were meant to be told — by hand, page by page, with love. She has written and illustrated dozens of children’s books, performed her stories live in schools, libraries, and hospitals, and received heartfelt praise from teachers, students, and former First Lady Barbara Bush.
Her latest work — The Legend of Tilli — follows a young French Cajun girl who travels the world in a giant turtle shell boat, rescuing animals and making friends across cultures. It is a series Marcella has been quietly building for decades, drawing on a lifetime of nature, family, and Louisiana warmth.
Marcella’s mission is simple: keep writing, keep illustrating, and keep getting her stories into more children’s hands. Read the first pages → or support her ongoing work → — every page she creates is funded by readers like you.
