Mr. Stinky Feet

Awards:

• 2002 - Parents' Choice Award for "Stinky Feet"
• 2003 - Parents' Choice Award for "Pick Me! Pick Me!"
• 2003 - National Parenting Publications Award for "Pick Me! Pick Me!"

With his soothing voice, an acoustic guitar, and a box full of instruments from all over the world, Jim Cosgrove has entertained tens of thousands of kids throughout the United States and Europe. His playful, poignant songs have earned him two national Parents' Choice Awards.

Cosgrove's performances are interactive with ample opportunities for kids to participate by playing along in one of several impromptu "jam" sessions. His debut CD, Bop Bop Dinosaur was released in July 1998, followed by Stinky Feet (1999 and re-released in 2002), Ooey Gooey (2001), Pick Me! Pick Me! (2003), and Mr. Stinky Feet's Christmas (2003). His live concert video Stinky Feet Live debuted in 2001. Cosgrove was featured as a "Parenting Pick" in the July 2003 issue of Parenting Magazine.

Hometown: Kansas City, MOEducation: Youngest of eight children, Cosgrove Family, Kansas City, MOB.A. Journalism, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WIM.A. English; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NMInfluences: Woody Guthrie; Pete Seeger; Peter, Paul, & Mary; Joni Mitchell; John McCutcheon; Jimmy Buffett; and scads of singing nuns throughout 17 years of Catholic education.Past lives: Jim worked as a New Mexico newspaper reporter, corporate PR flak, and public speaker before having the sense enough to get a "real" job making children laugh.