KennyKidsMusic! Children's Music Singer from Summit, NJ

2007's Los Angeles Music Award Winner for Best Children's Music, Kenny Woods, lights up children and adults alike with original award-winning songs, poems and stories. Kenny's soaring performances combine catchy music and creative storytelling to send out the message to kids that they are "capable and competent!" With a B.S. in Music Education from NYU and years of experience as a music teacher in public schools including The Early Childhood Center at Hamilton Terrace in Berkeley Heights, Kenny has been featured in the Star-Ledger, Independent Press, CW11 Morning News and by PBS in 2008 on WNJN's Classroom Close-up. He co-presented "Watch Me Soar! Music for Transitions, Stressful Situations and Social Interactions" to over 400 teachers from around the world in Chicago at the annual NAEYC conference with nationally recognized early childhood expert Cheri Sheridan. Kids also enjoy his Snickers and American Idol contest jingles, which were broadcast to hundreds of thousands of viewers as national top ten finalist entries. REVIEW July 9, 2008 Dear Kenny, Thank you again for coming to perform CATCHY BUG SONGS AND STORIES for the families of Watchung Public Library. Your songs, poems, stories and riddles enabled the audience laugh, sing, discover and delight in the creepy, crawly world of bugs – many of whom are rarely celebrated! On this day, there was magic to be found in a mountain of original material. And those who stayed to hear an encore of your beautiful tribute to ladybugs, butterflies and fireflies, truly left enchanted. In that song especially, you spun a sparkling chrysalis of joy, wonder and peace - and we all emerged from the experience changed by the gentle power of music. Thank you for writing such funny, surprising and captivating songs and stories. Thank you for helping us all remember how simply wonderful life can be! Gratefully, Sharon Orlando Youth Services Librarian Watchung Public Library