Loredana Cunti

Creating stories and experiences that build confidence in kids and courage in adults.

Children's Books

Books

Loredana writes stories about resilience, belonging, and the courage to be exactly who you are.

From a karate-chopping kakapo to a flamingo who enters a chicken dance contest, every book is drawn from real life. KARATE KAKAPO is a Junior Librarian Guild Gold Recipient. TO BURP OR NOT TO BURP and the Dr. Dave Astronaut Series — created with astronaut Dr. Dave Williams — are multiple Forest of Reading nominees. HOW GOGO FOUND HER GROOVE has been adopted into every TCDSB elementary school. And her Le Cordon Bleu pastry diploma found its moment in THE REINDEER CAFÉ COOKBOOK — World Cookbook Award winner.

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Speaking Engagements

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Speaking & School Visits

Loredana brings warmth, humour, and dynamic storytelling to every room she walks into. Fair warning: you may find yourself doing a conga line before the session is over.

She speaks to students on creativity, resilience, and the courage to embrace who you are — and to secondary students directly on confidence and identity. For adult and women's audiences, her talks span creativity, reinvention, imposter syndrome, managing the work-life imbalance, and reconnecting with the kid inside. She has partnered with the National Ballet School of Canada, Girl Guides of Canada, and StepStones for Youth; spoken for women in STEM; served as Moderator in Residence for Opus Chamber Music; and as moderator, panelist, and jury member at several conferences.

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Musical Events

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Loredana is the creator and librettist of Neapolitan Ice Cream: The Musical — A musical love letter to the immigrant experience. A celebration of reinvention, resilience and the joy of a simple scoop of ice cream, this production is a new jukebox musical weaving iconic Italian songs like O Sole Mio and O Mio Babbino Caro with the shocking true events of Italian immigrants destined for the new world in the late 1800s, only to be deceived and abandoned on the shores of Enland, Scotland and Wales. With nothing but broken dreams and perseverance, they did what Italians do best: feeding people.

"A musical about ice cream based on true events and packed with iconic Italian folk tunes we all recognize — can it get sweeter than that?" — Ludwig Van Toronto

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"Loredana’s capacity for storytelling is creative, innovative and literally ‘out of this world”! She has engaged in storytelling about living on other planets, the science behind bodily functions in space, training to be an astronaut, to a Kakapo who loves karate to a nervous ballerina! Her work centres children, learning, and resilience, as well as tangible strategies to overcome challenges. Each story is a learning opportunity from an educator and a student’s vantage point, as teachers can establish relevant and meaningful connections to the curriculum and beyond."

Dr. Isha De Coito, Professor - University of Western Ontario, Curriculum Studies and Studies in Applied Linguistics

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