Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments. HENNY PENNY GREEN SERIES (ages 4 & up) Copyright © 2023 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric Levitt produced 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 frie...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments. THE ARTIST'S BRUSH Red Series (ages 6 & up) Copyright 2022 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levitt & Larry Bridges published by Winking Kat Books This 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, unsuccessfu...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments. THE LEGEND OF ROBIN HOOD Red Series (ages 7 & up) Copyright 2022 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat Books This 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 Levitt produced by Winking Kat Books The 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 ...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments. Bonus Episode In 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, TaleBehindThe...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments. THE SCARECROW Red Series (ages 7 & up) Copyright 2020 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levitt published 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 characte...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments. BAYOU BUG TALES GREEN SERIES (ages 4 & up) Copyright © 2021 by P. Haines-Ainsworth, Terence Alaric Levitt, Larry Bridges produced by Winking Kat Books Bayou 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 int...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments. PURRLIE'S MISSION TO THE MILKY WAY Red Series (ages 6 & up) Copyright 2020 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat Books Purrlie, 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 fri...

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. Wh...

Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments. The Tale Behind The Tale of Mr. Popper's Penguins Inspiration and Penguins Age 7 - Adult What 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 im...