Poppy loves to visit schools. If you’re a teacher or parent looking for a children’s author to visit your school, Poppy provides talks, activities and assemblies on mental health topics, tailored to your students.
Activities include:
- Creating monster characters
- Writing a whole-class mindful poem
- Making a paper worry monster
- Learning a breathing exercise
- Discovering how movement helps calm our bodies
Poppy has written books about a huge number of mental health topics. She can focus her visit on any of her books, with topics including:
- Anxiety
- Self-esteem
- Mindfulness
- Anger
- Friendships
- Speaking up
- Being yourself
- Emotional regulation
- Self-compassion
- Self-talk
- Confidence
- Shyness
- Courage
- Respect
- Meditation
- Connection with nature
- Taking care of our bodies
- Boundaries and self-respect
Poppy is based in West Sussex, and is willing to travel for school visits. Prices start from £100 for a half-day visit. To discuss booking a school visit, get in touch via the contact page.
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