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Winking Kat TalesHenny PennyDid 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 make excuses not to help her. When...2023-11-2335 minWinking Kat TalesThe Artist's BrushDid 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 artist named Johannes, he decides to play a clever trick on h...2022-07-3041 min
Jollyville RadioMurder at the Silver Spittoon Saloon - Part 2Jollyville Radio Presents: Part 2 of Murder at the Silver Spittoon Saloon by Patricia Haines-Ainsworth.Starring Jaime Davis as Cheri Lane; Brian Green as Lefty Lefkowitz; Richard Dayries as Dusty Rhodes; Liz Rader Haigler as Lucy Truheart; Michael Stanley as Snake-Eyes Pete Sullivan; Matt Wait as Widow White; Michael Crosa as Marshal Virgil EarpDirected by Michael Crosa. Edited by Jaime Davis. Special thanks to Shari Kolding for foley contributions. Additional music and sound effects attributed below.More of Patricia Haines-Ainsworth's work can be found on the podcast Winking Kat Tales, or at her...2022-06-0825 min
Jollyville RadioMurder at the Silver Spittoon Saloon - Part 1Jollyville Radio Presents: Murder at the Silver Spittoon Saloon by Patricia Haines-Ainsworth.Starring Jaime Davis as Cheri Lane; Brian Green as Lefty Lefkowitz; Richard Dayries as Dusty Rhodes; Liz Rader Haigler as Lucy Truheart; Michael Stanley as Snake-Eyes Pete Sullivan; Matt Wait as Widow WhiteDirected by Michael Crosa. Edited by Jaime Davis. Special thanks to Shari Kolding for foley contributions. Additional music and sound effects attributed below.More of Patricia Haines-Ainsworth's work can be found on the podcast Winking Kat Tales, or at her website here: https://www.phainesainsworth...2022-05-2528 min
Jollyville RadioSomeone Was Rotten at Dinner - Part 2Jollyville Radio presents: Someone Was Rotten at Dinner (Part 2) by Patricia Haines-Ainsworth!More of her work can be found at Winking Kat Tales - tell them Jollyville sent you!Someone Was Rotten at Dinner, by Patricia Haines-Ainsworth.Starring:
Richard Dayries as William Shakespeare
Norman Davis as The Fool
Michelle Darcy as the Kitchen Maid
Nick Hockstra as Prince Hammonreigh
Emily Ancincec as The Lady Enred
Kay Wise Denty as Queen Beatrice
Brian Green as King Foraday
Directed by Michael Crosa. Edited by Richard and Monse Dayries...2022-05-1220 min
Jollyville RadioSomeone Was Rotten at Dinner - Part 1Jollyville Radio presents: Someone Was Rotten at Dinner (Part 1) by Patricia Haines-Ainsworth!More of her work can be found at Winking Kat Tales - tell them Jollyville sent you!Someone Was Rotten at Dinner, by Patricia Haines-Ainsworth.Starring:
Norman Davis as The Fool
Michelle Darcy as the Kitchen Maid
Nick Hockstra as Prince Hammonreigh
Emily Ancincec as The Lady Enred
Kay Wise Denty as Queen Beatrice
Brian Green as King Foraday
Directed by Michael Crosa. Edited by Richard and Monse Dayries. Sound Effects provided by...2022-04-2824 minWinking Kat TalesThe Legend of Robin HoodDid 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. Good King Richard leaves England in the hands of his gre...2022-03-1449 minWinking Kat TalesThe Musicians of BremenDid 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 spent their lives doing. They each search for...2021-11-1143 minWinking Kat TalesThe ScarecrowDid 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 is a scarecrow constructed by the Widow DeWitt to help keep her company durin...2021-10-0156 minWinking Kat TalesBayou Bug TalesDid 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 frog and a butterfly respectively as the sea...2021-08-3142 minWinking Kat TalesPurrlie's Mission to the Milky WayDid 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, Catalina the Cat, Purrlie and...2021-08-0637 min
Jollyville RadioEpisode 227 - FocusCarey Gardiner welcomes the show; please headphones for the optimal listening experience; UncleASAR interviews Pat Haines-Ainsworth of Winking Kat Tales; KJVR shares a deleted scene from Season 1.Wining Kat Tales can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts or at WinkingKatTales.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-07-1432 minWinking Kat TalesArcani and the Tree of DreamsDid 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 wakes he sees a strangely dressed man standing nearby. At first...2021-06-1643 minWinking Kat TalesThe Three Little PigsDid 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 the first printed vers...2021-04-0528 minWinking Kat TalesThe Dancing PrincessDid 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 wearing out. Her father, King Valen...2021-01-191h 04Winking Kat TalesThe NightingaleDid 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. His trusted Counselor doesn't know what to do to cheer him up, when a servant...2020-11-1553 minWinking Kat TalesTreasure IslandDid 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 the mystery, colorful characters, and adventure of the original novel. And, of course, we...2020-09-0554 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: CinderellaDid 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' version of the story). Seven fresh new songs make this version something fun and specia...2020-06-2151 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: Aesop's Boy Who Cried Wolf & The Dog and His BoneDid 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 practical joke on his neighbors. Twice he c...2020-05-1818 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: Aesop's The Sun, The North Wind, & The ManDid 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 Sun and the cold and blustery North Wind...2020-04-1919 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat: The Town Mouse & The Country MouseDid 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 Town Mouse and The Country Mouse" is a new musical adaptation of the familiar fable by the famous Greek storyteller, Aesop. It is the story of a city mouse, Maria, who is bored with her day to day life. She invites her cousin, Marta, who lives in the country to come to visit. Marta finds the city life too noisy...2020-04-0444 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: Aesop's Fables -The Lion & The MouseDid you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Green Series (ages 4 & up)Copyright © 2018 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat BooksThe Lion & The Mouse is the first of three episodes dedicated to the fables of the Greek storyteller, Aesop. Winking Kat has adapted this familiar fable into a short, musical, presentation for young audiences. The story is about a lion who reluctantly makes friends with a little mouse. The mouse, Tillie, promises that their friendship might be important someday, but Leonard, the lion...2020-03-1914 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: The Tortoise and the HareDid you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Green Series (ages 3 and up)copyright © 2019 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat BooksThis new musical adaptation of Aesop's familiar fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare", is full of new songs and fun characters. As in the original story, Hare challenges Tortoise to a race to see who is fastest. Hare, of course, is confident that he will win so he takes too much for granted and makes some bad decisions. Tortoise, with the he...2020-01-0128 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: Hercules and the Golden Apple_part 2Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Purple Series (for ages 7 and up)copyright © 2019 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat BooksCalliope and the other muses continue the story of "Hercules and the Golden Apple". Based on the advice from Hemmingway, the Old Man of the Sea, our hero travels to Egypt to find instructions for the next part of the journey to the Garden of Hesperides. But to get those instructions he has to ask the great Sphinx three riddles. Her riddle...2019-11-1224 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: Hercules and the Golden Apple_part 1Did you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Purple Series (for ages 7 and up)copyright © 2019 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat BooksWinking Kat has adapted the famous myth of "Hercules and the Golden Apple" into a fun and silly musical full of colorful characters from Greek mythology. The focus is on one of Hercules' twelve labors. Hera, wife of Zeus and always a nemesis of Hercules, constantly tries to thwart Hercules' quest to fulfill his many labors needed to free his soul fro...2019-11-1229 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: The Underground MouseDid you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Green Series (for ages 5 and up)copyright © P. Haines-Ainsworth"The Underground Mouse" is an original story about a young girl, Daisy Whistlewhite, who spies a little mouse playing in the discarded papers at the Underground station in London. Soon all the waiting passengers begin watching the mouse, too. As the train approaches the station, everyone worries the mouse will not survive. For a short time all the strangers waiting for the station unite and become friends as they cheer for the l...2019-09-2510 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: The Day Zero Left DodgeDid you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Purple Series (for ages 7 and up)copyright © 2019 by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat Books"The Day Zero Left Dodge" is an original musical adventure from the Old West. Every number in Dodge City has a value, or so it seemed. When Crazy Eight and his gang arrive and steal some of Seven's sheep, Zero volunteers to join One and his posse. One explains that it doesn't matter if Zero joins or not. Insulted and hurt, Z...2019-09-1532 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: Balfour and The Magic HatDid you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Green Series (ages 4 and up)copyright © 2018 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric Levitt published by Winking Kat BooksBalfour and The Magic Hat is an original musical for ages 3 and up. It was created in cooperation with the Shapiro Foundation for Anti-Racist Education.In our story, Balfour wants to see the world and go on a journey. His Grandmother makes a special hat for him to wear. It's special because he can twist it, button it, or pull i...2019-09-0735 minWinking Kat TalesWinking Kat Tales: Puss 'n BootsDid you enjoy this story? Let us know your favorite moments.Purple Series (for ages 7 and up)copyright©2019 by P. Haines-Ainsworth & Terence Alaric LevittAn original, musical adaptation for young audiences by P. Haines-Ainsworth and Terence Alaric Levitt. Based on the classic story by Charles Perrault. "Puss 'n Boots" is set in France. Philippe, the youngest son of a wealthy farmer, inherits only two things from his father - an envelope with five silver coins and a tabby cat named, Puss. Little does Philippe know that Puss is much more valuable than...2019-08-2944 min
Musica CoralPrograma del 2013-07-12Misa Pastoral de Johan Baptist Vanhall 1739 1813 Intrpretes Mary Enid Haines Nina Scott Stodart Collin Ainsworth Steven Pitkanen Tower Voices de Nueva Zelanda y Aradia Ensemble dirigido por Uwe Grodd2013-07-1255 min