Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
“…Mr. Munsch knows kids – what makes them tick, what makes them laugh, what holds their interest…with a raw adrenalin that pushes his loving audience into a familiar frenzy.” - Today’s Parent Toronto magazine
"Munsch's highly animated style...had this performance's audience of children howling with laughter -- I'm sure your kids will do the same." - Mothering magazine
"Munsch's CDs are arguably even better than his books, featuring his entertaining sound effects and funny voices. Listening is a bit like having him in your own living room." - The Toronto Star
"...the CD was exciting...hearing Munsch is good (these stories are best when old by the author -- just as you imagined in the books, only better!)" - Island Parent magazine
“His style is engaging and funny and a welcome rest to tired ears, and the kids will like it too.” - Ozaukee County News Graphic
"Munsch…tells his stories with such enthusiasm, fun and wild sound effects, your kids will love it." - The Bruce County Marketplace
Discography
Love You Forever: The Best of Robert Munsch
Murmel Murmel Munsch!
Photos
Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
Best-loved and best-selling childrens author Robert Munschs second storytelling performance CD, Murmel Murmel Munsch!, has been honored as one of iParenting Media Awards' "Excellent Products of 2006". The iParenting Media Awards recognize the best of the best in the children's media and juvenile products industries and is the only consumer awards program certified by ISO 9001:2000, the internationally recognized standard of quality assurance. Its reviewers are a diverse set of licensed childcare centers, experts and parents across the U.S.
Murmel Murmel Munsch!, the follow-up to Munschs Parents Choice-award-winning debut disk, Love You Forever The Best of Robert Munsch, captures this extraordinary storyteller as he performs 14 new and best-loved stories. These include classics like Mud Puddle, Andrews Loose Tooth, Zoom!, Something Good, Makeup Mess, Pigs, Boo!, Im So Embarrassed, Murmel, Murmel, Murmel and many more. Not a read-along or book-on-CD, Murmel Murmel Munsch! features approximately fifty minutes of classic Munsch works performed by the author and infused with his inimitable sound effects, added musical embellishments and tons and tons of fun!
Munschs book, Love You Forever, was the first book since 1948 to unseat that other timeless picture book, Goodnight Moon, at the top of the New York Times Childrens Best-Sellers list. The book has gone on to sell more than 20 million copies, has been translated into 20 languages and has become a part of contemporary culture as a central part of the plot of an episode in the last season of Friends and a peace offering between Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman in their recent public truce.
Robert Munsch is one of North Americas best-selling childrens authors and storytellers. With more than 30 million books sold and more than 40 books in print, Munsch has earned a host of awards and recognitions, including appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada, an honorary Ph.D. from his home-town University of Guelph, and Author of the Year from the Canadian Booksellers Association.
Links
