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Book award-winning children’s author and keynote speaker Lisa Caprelli for a school assembly or author visit students will remember.
Lisa’s heart-centered, high-energy programs blend literacy, social-emotional learning, music, movement, and art into one meaningful school experience. Through the joyful, multicultural Unicorn Jazz™ story world, students feel seen, included, encouraged, and excited to participate. Teachers appreciate that each visit supports literacy, kindness, belonging, and student well-being while also offering simple, low-prep classroom follow-up activities.
Programs are available for grades Pre-K through 6, with age-appropriate options for schools, libraries, PTAs, and family engagement events. Ask about sponsored author visit options, including visits supported by student book orders and schoolwide reading opportunities.
Known for teacher-approved books, bilingual resources, and engaging school programs, Lisa Caprelli is bringing Unicorn Jazz™ and InspirEd author visits to elementary schools city by city.
Book author visit services by filling out the form above.
What makes my Assembly Style author visits different
Lisa Caprelli’s Unicorn Jazz™ presentations are built to be both inspiring and instruction-friendly:
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Interactive storytelling, students can retell, discuss, and write - ✓
SEL Social Emotional Learning Adventure in action through characters, choices, teamwork, and reflection - ✓
Music, movement, and art that make comprehension stick - ✓
Cultural curiosity that invites respectful noticing and connection - ✓
ELD and multilingual learner supports with visuals, repetition, and sentence frames - ✓
Teacher-friendly follow-ups that feel doable, not like extra work
Literacy skills supported during the author visits
Students grow in skills commonly taught in elementary and middle grades, including:
- ✓ Retell, summarize, and sequence
- ✓ Character traits and motivation
- ✓ Point of view and theme
- ✓ Speaking and listening through structured participation
- ✓ Writing options: opinion, informative, and narrative responses
Enjoy a customized in-person school author visit.
Social Emotional Learning activities extend beyond the pages of every Unicorn Jazz book and support meaningful school-based learning.
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Empathy and perspective-taking - ✓
Teamwork and encouragement - ✓
Growth mindset and courageous #BeBoldBeBrave - ✓
Belonging and inclusive community building
Encourage fun learning through free book activities, curriculum, PBIS, STEAM, reading, writing, art, and song albums, all while helping students build powerful social-emotional learning skills.
If you are a school librarian, PTO, PTA, teacher, parent, or educator, Lisa Caprelli is ready to connect with you and bring Unicorn Jazz to life.
Children’s author visits are a meaningful way to connect authors with students. Librarians and teachers can also access social-emotional learning curriculum and kindness activity pages, with over 115 digital downloads across the book collection.
Click here for TPT. We also provide free teacher packets upon booking.
Your visit can include fun, Unicorn Jazz™ add-ons that bring the books, characters, songs, and SEL adventurw themes to life:
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Beyond-the-book art projects, printables, and creative classroom activities - ✓
“Banners of Belonging” experiences that celebrate kindness, confidence, and inclusive school culture - ✓
Character-inspired challenges, contests, and schoolwide participation moments - ✓
Music and movement extensions with Unicorn Jazz songs and interactive sing-along fun - ✓
School play ideas, performance tie-ins, and storytelling activities that deepen student engagement - ✓
Teacher-friendly resources that connect SEL, reading, writing, art, and joyful learning across all Unicorn Jazz books
These extras are designed to be low-prep, adaptable, and easy for schools to use before, during, and after an author visit.
About Children's Book Author Lisa Caprelli
