Author Visits and Events
Loredana Cunti is a Canadian children’s author who offers in-person and virtual author visits for elementary schools. Engaging through fun activities and experiences, these talks are a combination of motivational speaking and lessons on the creative writing process, resilience, perseverance and being your true self.
The Reindeer Café Events
On behalf of Mrs. Claus and Stepstones for Youth helping kids cook with confidence
Pink Shirt Day
Find Your Own Groove (featured on Global News)
Girl Guides Girl Jam
Celebrate The Mighty Mind
(In Collaboration with Girl Guides of Canada)
Find Your Own Groove
A High-Energy, Heartfelt School Talk for Grades K–6
Get ready to groove! In this 25-minute interactive author visit, Loredana Cunti—children’s author, speaker, and dance-floor enthusiast—brings her book How Gogo Found Her Groove to life in a joyful and confidence-boosting session perfect for elementary students.
Through a lively reading, engaging storytelling, and a few seated dance moves (yes, there will be a conga line!), Loredana inspires students to embrace who they are, even when they feel nervous or unsure
What’s Included:
A fun and theatrical read-aloud of How Gogo Found Her Groove
A dynamic talk about courage, self-expression, and shaking off self-doubt
Interactive moments that keep students moving and laughing—from their seats!
A seated “Conga with Gogo” that brings the whole room together in rhythm and fun
A Q&A session where students can ask questions about writing, dancing, or finding their own groove
Themes Students Will Explore:
Building confidence and resilience
Embracing your individuality
Managing nervous feelings in healthy ways
Celebrating others while staying true to yourself
Using movement, music, and mindset to connect and uplift
Perfect For
Classrooms, libraries, or gym assemblies
Pink Shirt Day and anti-bullying initiatives
SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) programming
Virtues like courage, compassion, and community
Because even when your feathers get ruffled… you can always find your groove again!
The Power of Pow!
Based on her award-winning picture book, KARATE KAKAPO, The Power of POW! is a talk and reading for Grades K-6 focusing on PERSEVERANCE, OPTIMISM and WILL. In order to get her black belt in Karate, Kakapo must master the flying kick. But the problem is, kakapos don’t fly. This talk features themes of looking at a problem in a different way, facing your fears, and trying something new even when you don't know how it will turn out.
Loredana leads children through the writing process of recognizing inspiration, getting an idea, and then actually sitting down to do it. She encourages them to keep revising and stay open to new ideas showing them behind the scenes differences in words and illustrations between first draft and finished work. The importance of teamwork is also highlighted as she shows what it takes to get from her words to the editors and designers involved in making a picture book onto the sales people and librarians that help get the book into the world.
Themes Students Will Explore:
Trying new things even when you’re scared
Embracing effort over perfection
Building resilience and grit
Celebrating what makes you different
Cheering for others while finding your own inner strength
Perfect For:
SEL and mental wellness programming
School Spirit Days or assemblies
Character education (courage, perseverance, humility)
Encouraging risk-taking and creativity in young learners
Book Loredana Cunti for a joyful, empowering visit where students learn that even the most unlikely heroes can find their strength—and that real confidence comes from the inside out.
Because bravery isn’t about being the biggest bird in the dojo—it’s about showing up and giving it your best flap!
Try, Cry, & Try Again
A Creative Life Talk with Loredana Cunti
For Women Who’ve Lost Their Groove (And Want It Back)
From the outside, she had the moves—and the shoes. But inside, Gogo the flamingo was flapping through a full-blown confidence crisis after bombing at the Chicken Dance Contest. Sound familiar?
In this heartfelt and hilarious talk, author and creative entrepreneur Loredana Cunti shares the real-life inspiration behind her picture book When Gogo Lost Her Groove, using Gogo’s journey as a bold, feathered metaphor for what it’s like to feel like an outsider, struggle with imposter syndrome, and find your way back to joy, purpose, and unapologetic self-expression.
✨ A Talk for Women Who Are:
Questioning if they’re “doing enough” or “doing it right”
Balancing work, family, and that ever-persistent inner critic
Longing to explore a creative life (but feel behind or blocked)
In need of some real talk about rejection, resilience, and redefining success
🎤 What Loredana Shares:
Her winding path from kung fu at 25, pastry school at 41, to publishing her first book at 45
Why “having it all” is a scam—and how to focus on what actually brings you joy.
What not making it big can teach you about creativity, courage, and character
How to make peace with pivots, flops, and your not-so-linear life path.
💬 Perfect For:
Women’s leadership events
Creative entrepreneurship panels
Wellness retreats & personal growth conferences
School or community parent groups
Anyone who’s ever doubted themselves… and kept going anyway
This talk will lift your spirit, spark your creativity, and remind you that you don’t have to fit in at the chicken dance—you just have to find your own groove.