Read Across America Dance and Sing with Me Tour with Unicorn Jazz Club!
Letโs help kids smile, create and believe! City after city, we encourage others to join the Read Across America 2021 – 22 ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ & ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ! Teachers, Librarians and friends — join us & the talented kids helping to spread literacy while giving back in each school’s hometown!ย If you or your child’s school wants our education packet, go to UnicornJazz.com/Education
Virtual Author Visits Reaching Schools Across America and the Globe!
Children's Author Lisa Caprelli encourages literacy!
Life since the pandemic changed for many students, teachers, and parents. Many amazing kids with all kinds of talents were able to connect with us to bring education and entertainment with our show THE THING I DO, as a platform.
The silver lining has been to create a way for kids – like the ones you see on this page – to share and inspire other kids to keep doing what they love.ย
Thanks to technology we can team up to spread the messages of literacy and the joy of books!
Unicorn Jazz Club Kids - Sharing Acts of Service and Joy of Literacy
Emily Isabel
Rhett Drennen
Rhett is 13 years old and from Huntersville, North Carolina.ย
He is big on imagination, storytelling and …
He enjoys ……ย Read his story!.
Sofia Swade
Sofia is 13 years old and from Huntersville, North Carolina.ย
She believes literacy is important because….
She enjoys ……ย Read her story!
Isabella Iannelli
February 2, 2021 is World Read Aloud Dayย and we are ready to read across America with this school to promote literacy!
Isabella Iannelli is 11 years old and a student of Annunciation School in Yonkers, New York.ย We are excited to present to the students of her school in storytime song, and the importance of reading and writing!
Isabella enjoys arts, music, dancing and more.ย Read her story!
Emily Jewel Hoder
Emily is 12 years old and from Florida.ย ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ’๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ are people she has worked with like: Sally Struthers, Karen Ziemba, John Tartaglia, Patrick Dunn, Preston Boyd, Michelle Dowdy, Jimmy Smagula. Emily adds, “They have so much experience and I was lucky to learn from them. All of these people taught me different things about being an actor/performer and good person.” ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ Jewel Hoder believes that if you find your passion and work hard to achieve your dream you can accomplish it and to “๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ!!!”
Mia Francesca Martinez
Mia Francesca Martinez is a Latina 13-year-old rising star in the world of performing arts!ย Do What You Love to be able to give back more of who you are to the world, is one of her mottos she lives by.ย Mia knew she wanted to dive into the world of performance after watching โMatildaโ on Broadway when she was 8 years old.
In the future, she wants to be known for spreading joy and inspiring kids to work hard, pursue their dreams, and do what they love. After all, whatโs the point of reaching for something if you donโt love what youโre doing while youโre getting there!
Macenzie Mercer
Having already been on two Broadway National Tours as Cindy Lou Who in โThe Grinch Who Stole Christmasโ and Little Cosette in โLes Miserables,โ Mackenzie Mercerย dreams of becoming a pop singer.ย While the rest of her family is into sports, Mackenzie has been writing her own music since she was two years old, saying she wants to be a singer right out of pre-school!
Mackenzie enjoys drawing anime. โDrawing makes me feel calm.โ A new THING that Mackenzie would like to learn would be the Japanese language to help in watching anime without subtitles.
Sheylan
Sheylan lives in Alaska and is trilingual (English, Spanish, French)
Winter Donnelly
Winter isย from New York.
Baila y cante conmigo - Bilingual Educators
Bilingual Teacher, Pam Quevedo
A first grade teacher, Pam has been a huge advocate of the works and mission of Unicorn Jazz, since the Pandemic.ย
Read more about her experience and story – click.
Watch her read Unicornio Jazz for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County – click with Unicorn Jazz puppet.
Maestra Natalia Sepulveda is a Bilingual translator, author of Kai the Missionary Sea Turtle and long time friend of Unicorn Jazz.
Read more about her experience and story – click.
Children's Non-Profits and Organizations Joining Our Literacy Outreach!
El Paso Children’s Hospital
February 12, 2021 – Lisa Caprelli will be presenting to her home town and the elementary school she went as a child:ย Thomas Manor Elementary.
In 2020, she was thrilled to reach over 600 students in her message and proof that you can be anything you want to be and do anything regardless of your circumstances, gender or race.
Songs we can include in ANY visits (some are in Spanish, too):
- Unicorn Jazz Friendship Song
- The Thing I Do
- Dance & Sing With Me
- Make That Smile a Little Bit Bigger
- Happiness Newsย
- Haiku song – coming soon
- Rainbow Song – April 2021
Social Assets You Can Share to Spread Awareness
Share the importance of Books Matter with classrooms!
For Media Outreach, contact Publicist, Tara Ackaway, Education Outreach Team,ย tara.ackaway@gmail.com
