Let your imagination soar

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Let your imagination soar 〰️

Decorative graphic with gold wings, red background, and five hanging stars. Contains the text "The Story of Papa Nisse." Written by C.R. Arioto.
A book titled 'The Horses of Iceland' with a snowy winter background, featuring a horse pulling a sleigh with children riding in it, surrounded by pine trees. Written by C.R. Arioto
Illustration of a bluebird with its wings spread, shown in light blue outline.
Book cover titled "Whiskey Boy: The story of the little pony that could," written and illustrated by C.R. Arioto, featuring a pony with a red cape flying through a blue sky with clouds.
Cover of a children's book titled 'Teddy', depicting a white horse with brown spots in a colorful meadow with flowers and clouds, featuring golden wings on either side and the subtitle 'A story about a special Icelandic horse'.
Book cover with a drawing of a lone oak tree on a green hill under a blue sky, titled 'the lone oak tree', written and illustrated by C.R. Arioto.

Meet Coreen Blewett-Arioto, an author-illustrator who has self-published over 10 children’s books and completed her first novel. Coreen believes that health and wellness are directly related to one’s ability to express themselves through creativity and imagination.

A woman with long dark hair looking at the camera, standing in front of a colorful garden with various flowers and green foliage.

Ol & New…

Old & New

Cover of a children's book titled "The 3 Little Nisse," featuring three small elves in red hats and coats standing on snow, with gold stars in a black night sky.

Coming Soon…

Book cover titled 'Growing up in Ojai, California: The Susan Riley Story' with an illustration of Ojai Chapel's exterior, featuring a bell tower, clay-colored walls, arched doorways, and surrounding trees.

NEW!!

Illustration of a large oak tree on a green hill with the title 'the lone oak tree' and the author C.R. Arioto written on a blue sky background.

Historical Novels

A person dressed in historical clothing standing beside a horse, overlooking a river landscape with lush greenery and distant hills, with a cloudy sky in the background. The text on the image reads 'The Blewett Legacy'.
Cover of a book titled "A Pioneer's Legacy: Westward Bound on the California-Oregon Trail" by C. R. Blewett McClellan-Arioto. The cover features historical images including Native Americans, pioneers, covered wagons, landscape paintings of the West, a bear with the California Republic flag, and a vintage steam locomotive, with a cluster of apples on the right.

Coming in 2027…

The Horse Collection

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The Horse Collection 〰️

Children riding in a horse-drawn sleigh through a snowy winter forest, with the title 'The Horses of Iceland' and the subtitle 'Facts about the amazing Icelandic horse', written and illustrated by C.R. Arioto.
Cover of a children's book titled "Teddy." The background is light blue with colorful flowers and green grass. There is an illustrated Icelandic horse and a small bird on the grass.
Cover of a children's book titled "Teddy & Storm: A story about friendship" featuring the real-life friendship between two horses and their antics together.
The book entitled "Whiskey Boy" is the story of the author's first pony. It is a story of a young girl living in a small mountain community in the Sierra National Forest and her incredible bond with Whiskey Boy, her pony, who always did his best.

The Christmas Collection

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The Christmas Collection *

The first in the Papa Nisse stories. It is the Americanized version of the Danish nisse, a Christmas tradition in Denmark. Their fabled history has been a part of Scandinavian history for thousands of years.
Part of the Papa Nisse series entitled 'Papa Nisse Goes to California', Papa Nisse visits Solvang, California, also known as America's Little Denmark. Papa Nisse participates in the festivities of Jul Days, Solvang's 30-day Christmas celebration.
Part of the Papa Nisse series entitled 'Papa Nisse Visits the North Pole'. It is a story about hard work and determination.
Part of the Papa Nisse series entitled 'Papa Nisse Saves Christmas'. It is a story about working together.
A Christmas scene featuring a decorated pine tree with red hearts and white snow, surrounded by wrapped presents under snowfall. The text reads 'Papa Nisse's Christmas Gift', 'written & illustrated by: C.R. Arioto'. Part of the Christmas Collection.