Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.HENNY PENNYGREEN SERIES (ages 4 & up)Copyright © 2023 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric Levittproduced by Winking Kat Books"HENNY PENNY" is a musical mash-up of two classic fables, "The Little Red Hen" and "Chicken Little". Our story features Henny Penny over the course of four seasons as she plants & harvests her wheat, then turns the wheat into flour. Every time she has a big task to do, her friends ma...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.THE ARTIST'S BRUSHRed Series (ages 6 & up)Copyright 2022 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levitt & Larry Bridgespublished by Winking Kat BooksThis delightful new episode of Winking Kat Tales is adapted from an old Dutch fairytale - although the fairy in this story isn't the usual type of magical fairy. He is a wood fairy or elf named Haan e'Kam. When Haan e'Kam spots a young, unsuccessful arti...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.THE LEGEND OF ROBIN HOODRed Series (ages 7 & up)Copyright 2022 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levittpublished by Winking Kat BooksThis new, and slightly silly, musical adaptation about the famous heroic bandit, Robin Hood, features the familiar characters of Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Friar Tuck, as well as the treacherous duo of Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. All is not well in Nottingham. ...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.GREEN SERIES (ages 4 & up)Copyright © 2021 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric Levittproduced by Winking Kat BooksThe Musicians of Bremen is a musical re-telling of the familiar story from Germany about a group of 'retired' animals who must find a new purpose in life. Ida the donkey, Schnookie the Cat, and Red the Rooster have all been dismissed by their owners because they've grown too old to do the job they ...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Bonus EpisodeIn this episode Pat interviews Fox 8 Meteorologist, Nicondra Norwood, about the weather in New Orleans and asks the very important question, "Does it Ever Snow on the Bayou?". Since it's a very important part of the story of our musical, Bayou Bug Tales, we thought we better find out the truth.This episode also has some new information about what's happening at Winking Kat Tales and our new blog, TaleBehindTheTale....

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.THE SCARECROWRed Series (ages 7 & up)Copyright 2020 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levittpublished by Winking Kat Books"The Scarecrow" is a new musical adaptation of a short story by the popular American author, Washington Irving. Like many of Washington Irving's stories, the Scarecrow is set in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains at the beginning of the 19th Century. The main character ...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.BAYOU BUG TALESGREEN SERIES (ages 4 & up)Copyright © 2021 by P. Haines-Ainsworth, Terence Alaric Levitt, Larry Bridgesproduced by Winking Kat BooksBayou Bug Tales is a musical re-telling of the familiar fable of "The Ant and The Grasshopper" set in Louisiana Bayou country. The music is upbeat and fun, plus there are some fun new characters like Bertram, the tadpole, and Clarissa, a caterpillar, who transform into a fr...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.PURRLIE'S MISSION TO THE MILKY WAYRed Series (ages 6 & up)Copyright 2020 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levittpublished by Winking Kat BooksPurrlie, like most cats, is very curious about everything. When her friends Bruno the Dog and Hermes the Owl tell her about the Milky Way in the sky, Purrlie is curious to know if the Milky Way is really made out of milk. With the help of her engineering friend,&n...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Blue Series (ages 5 and up)Copyright © 2021 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat Books"Arcani and the Tree of Dreams" is an original musical story inspired by a folktale from Bolivia. It is about a boy who dreams about setting his own path in life instead of the road he is destined to travel. The boy, Arcani, falls asleep under a toborochi tree one day. When he...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.The Tale Behind The Tale of Mr. Popper's Penguins Inspiration and PenguinsAge 7 - AdultWhat inspires an artist or an author to create? In the case of the authors behind the creation of the classic story Mr. Popper's Penguins inspiration happened when the family took a trip to the local movie house to see a newsreel about Admiral Byrd's trip to the Antarctic. The penguins in the film sparked Richard Atwater's imagina...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.THE THREE LITTLE PIGSGreen Series (ages 3 & up)Copyright 2021 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levittpublished by Winking Kat BooksSome stories have been told by almost every culture in every language for centuries. No one is really sure when The Three Little Pigs was told for the first time. Some think it might have even originated as an Aesop fable. The only thing we do know for sure was that th...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.TBT SERIES - Episode 2Ages 7 to AdultEvery culture in the world has a rich tradition of telling trickster tales. The main character of these stories is not a brave hero. Instead, the main character is a clever and sometimes not-so-nice person or animal who likes deceiving the other characters or causing trouble.Using "Puss 'n Boots" as an example of a Trickster Tale, we illustrate how it is possible to like a trickst...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Intro to The Tale Behind the Tale SeriesALL AGESWhat is the inspiration behind some of our favorite stories? Who are the storytellers that shared them with the world? Why do we love telling stories? In this series of mini-episodes, we will play detective and find out the answers to these questions and more. This first episode is an introduction to these special bonus episodes and an invitation to ask your ques...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.THE DANCING PRINCESSRed Series (ages 6 & up)Copyright 2020 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levittpublished by Winking Kat Books"The Dancing Princess" is an original story based on a folktale from Eastern Europe. It is about a princess named Yulia who loves to dance so much that she is always wearing out her shoes. She is afraid her father will be upset, so she doesn't tell him why her shoes are ...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Blue Series (ages 5 and up)Copyright © 2020 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat Books"The Nightingale" is adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's story by the same name about an Emperor and a plain Nightingale who become friends. Published in 1843, "The Nightingale" quickly became one of his most well-known stories. It is about an Emperor who is lonely and often sad....

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.October 2020 marks the beginning of a second year of creating new musical stories for you. We're excited to tell you about some of the stories, videos, and activities we have planned.

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Purple Series (ages 7 and up)Copyright © 2020 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levittpublished by Winking Kat BooksTreacherous pirates, buried treasure, and a mysterious island have helped make Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel, "Treasure Island", one of the most re-told stories of all time. In our Winking Kat adaptation of this wonderful story, we've added some humor and several fun songs while keeping ...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Red Series (ages 6 and up)copyright © 2019 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat BooksWinking Kat presents a new, musical adaptation of the familiar tale of "Cinderella". We've chosen Charles Perrault's sweet, romantic version of the story written in the late 1600's. It is set in France and has new songs and fun characters (and a little less gore than the Grimm Brothers' ...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.GREEN SERIES (ages 4 & up)Copyright © 2020 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric Levittproduced by Winking Kat BooksThis episode is the last in a series of several episodes that featured tales adapted from Aesop's fables. In this fifth episode, we feature the fables of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Dog and His Bone". "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is the story of a shepherd boy, named Jacob, who wants to play a pr...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Green Series: Ages 4 and UpCopyright © 2018 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric LevittProduced by Winking Kat Books 2020This episode is the second in our series of short musical adaptation of popular Aesop Fables. This episode features two fun tales, "The Sun, The North Wind, & The Man" and "The Crows & The Pitcher". "The Sun, The North Wind, & The Man" tells about a contest long ago between the ...