Kevin Kammeraad
Kevin loves to perform, write, draw, sing, make things, and wonder about possibilities. He is an award-winning artist, performer, and children's author of many books and CDs who loves to collaborate with other artists.
Each year, Kevin brings his creativity and love of performing, writing, art, music, and reading to elementary schools, libraries, festivals, and conferences all over the state of Michigan and beyond. He performs regularly in Michigan, often throughout the Midwest, and has been as far as Canada, Hawaii, and Japan. His programs are dynamic, age appropriate, educational, and simply down right fun. Through puppetry, music, poetry, audience participation, multimedia, and humor, Kevin captivates people of all ages. Since the start of his career, Kevin has visited well over 1,000 elementary schools and offers many various presentations and shows.
Kevin has been a full time presenter/performer, artist, and children's author since 1999, after graduating from Grand Valley State University in 1998 with a degree in Film and Video Production. He is the author and illustrator of The Tomato Collection and I Remember. He is the co-author of This is a Square and A Curious Glimpse of Michigan (a 2006 Great Lakes' Great Books award nominee), a contributing illustrator of How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck?, and the co-producer of the music CDs The Tomato Collection: the Big Album (a 2002 Children's Music Web Award Winner), A Curious Glimpse of Michigan: the Music, and ...and a Happy New Year (a Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Recipient and winner of three other national awards). His CD,The Monkeys Go Marching (Simple Songs You Can Play Around With) is a 2012 Parents' Choice FunStuff Award Winner. In 2013, Kevin released his first "creativity book" called Can You Think It, Can You Dream It? Brand new new for 2016, Kevin released his most collaborative project yet, Spinach Dip Pancakes - a book and CD.
Kevin grew up in Holland, Michigan and currently lives in Grand Rapids with his wife, son, daughter, two cats, and a dog in a home filled with books, music, recycle bins, homeschooling calendars, games, vegetarian recipes, toys, and tortilla chips.
Kevin loves to perform, write, draw, sing, make things, and wonder about possibilities. He is an award-winning artist, performer, and children's author of many books and CDs who loves to collaborate with other artists.
Each year, Kevin brings his creativity and love of performing, writing, art, music, and reading to elementary schools, libraries, festivals, and conferences all over the state of Michigan and beyond. He performs regularly in Michigan, often throughout the Midwest, and has been as far as Canada, Hawaii, and Japan. His programs are dynamic, age appropriate, educational, and simply down right fun. Through puppetry, music, poetry, audience participation, multimedia, and humor, Kevin captivates people of all ages. Since the start of his career, Kevin has visited well over 1,000 elementary schools and offers many various presentations and shows.
Kevin has been a full time presenter/performer, artist, and children's author since 1999, after graduating from Grand Valley State University in 1998 with a degree in Film and Video Production. He is the author and illustrator of The Tomato Collection and I Remember. He is the co-author of This is a Square and A Curious Glimpse of Michigan (a 2006 Great Lakes' Great Books award nominee), a contributing illustrator of How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck?, and the co-producer of the music CDs The Tomato Collection: the Big Album (a 2002 Children's Music Web Award Winner), A Curious Glimpse of Michigan: the Music, and ...and a Happy New Year (a Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Recipient and winner of three other national awards). His CD,The Monkeys Go Marching (Simple Songs You Can Play Around With) is a 2012 Parents' Choice FunStuff Award Winner. In 2013, Kevin released his first "creativity book" called Can You Think It, Can You Dream It? Brand new new for 2016, Kevin released his most collaborative project yet, Spinach Dip Pancakes - a book and CD.
Kevin grew up in Holland, Michigan and currently lives in Grand Rapids with his wife, son, daughter, two cats, and a dog in a home filled with books, music, recycle bins, homeschooling calendars, games, vegetarian recipes, toys, and tortilla chips.
