I am an educator and world traveler on a mission to help educate children about the wonderful and interesting world we live in, through books, songs, videos, workshops, apps, and cool characters.
Kimberley Kleczka,
Author, Songwriter, Entertainer and Creator
Many years ago, I thought about developing a character that could help me educate and entertain the children and youth of the world. My character needed to navigate from country to country. I had a vision of sharing my experiences of the people I had met, the way they lived their lives, what they did for fun, the foods they ate and the multicultural global lifestyles they led. Since birds migrate long distances and can move freely around the globe, I knew my character had to be a bird. The first character I created is called Alook. He is a big, funny, a little clumsy and quirky creature, who is very curious and always inquisitive. More about the name Alook later.
My family was always my top priority, and it was important to spend the precious growing-up years with them, so the publishing projects were put on hold. Now that our lovely children are grown-up and off on journeys of their own, I have the much-needed time on my hands to focus on all the other wonderful children out there, so my characters started coming to life.
Growing-up and living as a third culture child played a huge part in how I see the world today. I was born in the United Kingdom and migrated to Africa as a wee dot, which was just the beginning of my journey, after which I ventured on to America, New Zealand, back to several European countries and now Hong Kong where I currently reside. This lifestyle provides me an opportunity to see how amazing and incredible our Planet Earth really is. I hope you will join me on my edutainment adventure.
Author, Songwriter, Entertainer and Creator
Many years ago, I thought about developing a character that could help me educate and entertain the children and youth of the world. My character needed to navigate from country to country. I had a vision of sharing my experiences of the people I had met, the way they lived their lives, what they did for fun, the foods they ate and the multicultural global lifestyles they led. Since birds migrate long distances and can move freely around the globe, I knew my character had to be a bird. The first character I created is called Alook. He is a big, funny, a little clumsy and quirky creature, who is very curious and always inquisitive. More about the name Alook later.
My family was always my top priority, and it was important to spend the precious growing-up years with them, so the publishing projects were put on hold. Now that our lovely children are grown-up and off on journeys of their own, I have the much-needed time on my hands to focus on all the other wonderful children out there, so my characters started coming to life.
Growing-up and living as a third culture child played a huge part in how I see the world today. I was born in the United Kingdom and migrated to Africa as a wee dot, which was just the beginning of my journey, after which I ventured on to America, New Zealand, back to several European countries and now Hong Kong where I currently reside. This lifestyle provides me an opportunity to see how amazing and incredible our Planet Earth really is. I hope you will join me on my edutainment adventure.
People ask me all the time, "what does the name Koolamundo mean?"
Let me break it down for you, Koola = Kool (as in cool dude) and Mundo = world in Spanish. Together you get our tagline, “It’s a Kool World.” From the name Koolamundo also came Alook, which is koolA spelled backwards. How cool is that!
When I decided it was time to get busy and start writing my books, it occurred to me that there are additional ways to educate and entertain our youth, so I created a concept called, “The Whole Package” which is much more than a book. Having spent almost 20 years in the entertainment industry and 8 years as the International Talent Coach for Miss Universe and Miss World Netherlands, I had learned so much about what goes on behind the scenes. It occurred to me that music and song would compliment the books as well as fun videos and read-along books on video. This is how the 'Whole Package' concept was born.
The Whole Package consists of the following:
I am also creating other fun merchandise that kids adore, like, t-shirts, keychains, stickers, bookmarks, activity books and more and I am in the final stages of completing an institutional license for pre-schools, kindergarten and primary school programs.
When I decided it was time to get busy and start writing my books, it occurred to me that there are additional ways to educate and entertain our youth, so I created a concept called, “The Whole Package” which is much more than a book. Having spent almost 20 years in the entertainment industry and 8 years as the International Talent Coach for Miss Universe and Miss World Netherlands, I had learned so much about what goes on behind the scenes. It occurred to me that music and song would compliment the books as well as fun videos and read-along books on video. This is how the 'Whole Package' concept was born.
The Whole Package consists of the following:
- A rhyming children’s illustrated picture book
- A read-along video
- A sing-along song
- A hand puppet
- A backpack (to put it all in)
I am also creating other fun merchandise that kids adore, like, t-shirts, keychains, stickers, bookmarks, activity books and more and I am in the final stages of completing an institutional license for pre-schools, kindergarten and primary school programs.
This is a review by the Kids Fun Channel
Probably the most important aspect to you as a parent about Kimberley, is how she grew up. She's lived all over the world and learned firsthand what the many cultures of the world can offer you and your child. Kimberley enjoys being around different cultures and learning first hand about their traditions and way of life. What she's done with her fun set of books is created an idea in the form of a word. That word is "Koolamundo", which she tells us means "It's a Kool World". Every book of hers that I've read is a story that shows many different ways that people (or birds in the case of her character Alook) live in our grand world. She explains how these differences are great and gives your little one a chance to view these differences positively. She has such a clear vision as to what and why she's creating books for children, and that's one of the reasons we chose her for this Toddler's Author Feature!
Don't forget to Smash, crash, and learn!
Kids Fun Channel
Don't forget to Smash, crash, and learn!
Kids Fun Channel
A nice note from Madame Perry's Salon
Kimberley Kleczka is a cosmopolitan, multimedia powerhouse whose cool world - Koolamundo - is gaining worldwide fans with such speed that we wonder how she manages to maintain the production of books, music, and videos to keep up with the demand.
Madame Perry Salon - Radio
Madame Perry Salon - Radio
I always dreamed of writing and producing my own Christmas song. Dreams do come true!
What an exciting time it is for Koolamundo, creating books, songs, videos and merchandise. There are now over thirty books in multiple languages in both paperback and digital. We have 8 songs in English and German, 3 read along videos and 5 book trailers, a new t-shirt line called 'Koolamundo Tees' (available on Amazon), Klara The Cow backpacks and puppets and we continue to build our multilingual edutainment dream.