Book a Live in person Author Visit With Award-Winning Author Lisa Caprelli
Sign up for a live in person author visit school visit or children’s organization storytime and more today by speaker, Lisa Caprelli! Encourage fun learning through STEAM, reading, writing, art, and music, while developing powerful social-emotional learning skills in your classroom with free resources for your school! If you are a school librarian, teacher, parent or educator, Lisa Caprelli is ready to connect with YOU and bring Unicorn Jazz to life for your little ones. Children author visits are a fabulous way to connect authors to students in your classroom.
Learn more by completing the form below for our Author Honorarium Proposal for Lisa Caprelli’s HONORARIUM and school assembly, school author visits – yes, an in-person author visit!
What to Expect With Our Assembly Author Visits, Storytime, Songs & Educational Fun Learning!
Author brings books to life for local students
Caprelli, author of 20 books in English and Spanish, grew up in El Paso taught students the importance of reading, believing in themselves, and taking stock of the good things in everyday life.
“I Like to tell kids they can do more and think more than possible. I grew up in the lower valley with humble beginnings. My teacher inspired me to read, and my grandmother really encouraged me,” Caprelli says. She loves being able to give back, and encourages teachers to reach out to her if they would like a class visit.
30 to 45 Minute Entertaining Education Sessions
Includes story time read aloud, song, behind the scenes lessons on the importance of writing, creating, literacy, puppetry and music and a puppet video from The Thing I Do show – with Q&A at the end of the session. Author will coordinate an agenda beforehand to assist everyone live in person school author visit. We are in California – PST time zone and we include a short geography tip for your young scholars.
I also share videos with the students in upper grades about WHERE DO GOOD IDEAS COME FROM, using examples from famous author Steven Johnson and get them into critical creative thinking of “behind the scenes” of different creative careers (video, editing, writing of course, the arts, music, careers in nursing, being an entrepreneur and the teamwork it takes to create something bigger than you ever thought possible.
Social Emotional Learning for Free In Person Author Visits and YOU!
Enjoy a question and answer session that offers students and reading fans of Unicorn Jazz the chance to interact with Lisa Caprelli gain further insight into the author, characters, and process of creating children’s stories with your in person school author visit or virtual author visit. i
SEL – Social Emotional Learning approved for activities for schools beyond all our Unicorn Jazz books .
School Author Visit Review, Created Assembly Style for the Entire School -- Grades TK-6:
Ms. Caprelli showed up for an author visit at our school first thing all smiles and hugs with a life size Unicorn Jazz in tow. She set up in our library with Jazz and tons of activities and extras for teachers. All of our kindergarteners squealed with delight and were truly in awe. Lisa shared her story about how she and her team came to create the Unicorn Jazz book. She read them Bee-ing Happy Book and truly engaged every student about what the characters and scenes in each page meant to her.
We had a writers workshop with 5th graders next. She shared her book and explained how to use the writing template she provided. They were all so inspired and excited to collaborate and then share in small groups, their own stories in a speed writing session. We moved on to an assembly with our 2nd thru 4th graders, approximately 230 students.
She shared with them the Unicorn Jazz friendship song. Everyone danced, clapped, high-fived and sang along. We were then treated to a sneak peek of her newest book Eye See You. Everyone was overjoyed and can’t wait for its release! After that we moved on to a group of our 1st graders who were again in awe of Ms. Caprelli and giant Jazz. We ate lunch in the library with several of my library helpers. She got to know them a bit, even took the time to listen to a short story one of them created about Jazz. She had another wonderful reading & singing session with more kinder and TK students. We had one more exciting writers workshop with more 5th graders. Then sadly we had to say goodbye. All along the way she was posing for pictures for and with us: Signing books, cards and notebooks for anyone who asked. She smiled all through the ambitious day I scheduled for us.
She is such a humble and kind soul. We were all Unicorn Jazz fans before she came, but she made this a day that anyone who met her will not soon forget! We feel truly honored to have had her at McKinley Elementary and can’t wait for her to return. ~Librarian, Ashley Fisher, Tracy Unified School District
Virtual Author Visit Teaching - Beyond the Book Bonuses
- Curriculum - Gain access to free resources and curriculum for teachers with our virtual author visit. Free Resources are emailed prior to the virtual author visit for year-round learning opportunities.
- Social Emotional Learning - Free Educator's teacher packet for all Unicorn Jazz books.
- Puppets - Unicorn Jazz and Trezekke zebracorn puppets for your school library or classroom!
- Free Printables - Curriculum / Coloring Pages / 3D printed files, Classroom Activities for year round learning.
- 3D Printed Files - Some schools have a 3d Printer. Ask us for our free file of Unicorn Jazz.
- Licensing - Benefit from the use of Unicorn Jazz character images for your outreach.
- Autographed Books - We will give your school one autographed copy from each author/illustrator prior to your scheduled session.
- Coloring Page Contest - Students can choose from 5 designs (Winner chosen by your school).
- Custom Video Announcement - Video announcement customized to each school.
- School Discounts - On author’s orders of books and supplemental material. SEL is imperative for students!
Teachers, Librarians, & Parents
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About Children's Author Lisa Caprelli
Lisa Caprelli, Children's Author & Kids Show Host
Lisa Caprelli is an author who has studied human behavior and communication for over 25 years. She is host of Unicorn Jazz "The THING I Do" kids show. Originally from El Paso, Texas, Caprelli currently resides in Huntington Beach, California, and writes fiction and non-fiction books for children of all ages from elementary school to middle school grades and high school. Caprelli has also created her own activity and curriculum guides for teachers and parents seeking to integrate the lessons from her stories into a classroom setting that educators, counselors, principals and librarians have appreciated!
About the Unicorn Jazz Book Series
Unicorn Jazz™ is a children’s unicorn book series authored by Lisa Caprelli and illustrated by Davey Villalobos. Its goal is to inspire young readers through creative and imaginative stories filled with a colorful cast of animal characters brimming with diverse personalities. In addition to the unicorn picture book series, the brand includes a range of different unicorn toys, unicorn coloring books, a unicorn plush doll, and unicorn songs for kids to sing along with. The Unicorn Jazz store also offers a variety of other unicorn products for people of any age to enjoy, such as unicorn apparel, unicorn coffee mugs, and more! Book your virtual author visit today and take advantage of free education resources for free.
The characters within the magical world of Unicorn Jazz include a variety of different animals, allowing children to learn while having fun. Trezekke, Woof the Crow, Bee Happy, Narhwal Nayeli, and Flamingo Asia are just a few of Unicorn Jazz’s friends you might encounter. With her trademarked musical note for a tail, Unicorn Jazz is officially one of the most unique unicorn brands in the world. Explore how a unicorn book can help teach children about confidence, diversity, and the power of love—and follow along as the adventures of Unicorn Jazz continue for years to come!
Literacy is important for kids! Stories can help children be inspired to do more, be more and create more. I love creating meaningful and positive stories to entertain children and to encourage communication and imagination through reading, writing and art.