The Old Mrs. Moody Show
Stories and adventures with Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo are a great screen-free option to keep your kids entertained. Fifteen-minute stories are just right for little ones—the perfect listening length for car rides, waiting at the doctor's office, school pickup lines, or even shopping trips in the grocery cart. Join the adventures with Old Mrs. Moody and her friend, Catbaloo! They take kids on amazing trips around the world, into space, and back in time. Your kids might visit the Coral Sea to watch a seahorse race, camp at Possum Creek to fish and spot animal tracks, or zoom in a time machine to deliver mail with the Pony Express or help the Wright Brothers spin the propeller on the very first flying machine. Sometimes, the fun happens right at home. Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo rescue a rain-soaked kitten, take a piglet to see a hippopotamus at the zoo, or discover who's living inside a hollow tree. With realistic sound effects, engaging music, and great stories, kids can close their eyes and imagine themselves there. Our mission is to spark imagination and creativity—key building blocks for the artists, creators, and storytellers of tomorrow. Listen now, share the fun, and thank you for tuning in! With love Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo
Episodes
Catbaloo tells a charming backstory tale of Old Mrs. Moody
—from a time before they became neighborhood friends.
When the walnuts began to fall from ten tall trees in Old Mrs. Moody's yard, she announced to the chickens: "It's time to pick the walnuts!"
Her chickens twirled with excitement. They loved walnut season—the things they would make with th...
Old Mrs. Moody has a terrible cold, and while she waits to see the doctor, Catbaloo tells her the story of Anderson Kate and the Goody Goat Cart—a beautiful story of giving.
Anderson Kate is a little girl who lives on the mountaintop. One day, she and her mother bake a chocolate cake for Grandmother’s birthday. They place the cake in a little cart, pulled by two darling goats, and Anderson ...
There is something strange going on at Uncle Henry’s farm. The chickens have stopped laying eggs, the cows aren’t giving any milk and none of the animals will eat their dinner. Even worse—they’re all in a terribly bad mood.
When Uncle Henry calls Catbaloo for help, she picks up Old Mrs. Moody along the way, and the two of them set off on a road trip to solve the farmyard mystery.
But whe...
Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo are raking and digging and hoeing—getting the ground ready to plant a community pumpkin patch.
As they begin to plant the pumpkin seeds, Catbaloo is reminded of her favorite story about seeds. It’s the story of Pipi Pumpkinseed—a wise big brother mouse. With no food at home to feed his nine baby brothers and sisters, Pipi must venture out into the world to find them something to eat.
When he returns wit...
When Old Mrs. Moody awakens to find herself shrunk to a tiny size, her ordinary morning takes a fantastical turn—she’s so tiny she has to grab hold of her kitten Wilbur’s tail just to get down from her bed! But when her friend, Catbaloo, brings an exquisite antique dollhouse down from the attic, Mrs. Moody moves right in and makes herself comfortable. And what a dollhouse it is—its kitchen sink has real running water, its oven bake...
There is a toad singing showtunes in the creek outside Old Mrs. Moody's bedroom - and it's midnight! Such a ruckus! Poor Old Mrs. Moody can’t get to sleep and has to call Catbaloo for help.
When Catbaloo arrives, together they decide that it's not the toad’s singing that they mind, it's the TIME he is singing that's the problem. So, they come up with a plan: they will build Mr. Toad a stage and will help him put on a show every aft...
You are in for a galloping-good time in this episode about the Pony Express. Yahoo!
Come with Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo to their library's used book sale where they find a very old and interesting book about the Pony Express. They discover, that if they close their eyes, they can "jump" into a picture in the book and become part of the story!
Kiddos learn interesting facts about the 1860's horse-and-rider Overland Mail Company (t...
I once heard that if you keep very still in the woods at night, you'll hear God's creatures playing a lullaby for all the baby animals of the forest.
"Beneath the thicket, crickets play their sleepy twilight serenade. Their violins are soft and sweet.
And out in the middle of the big green pond, the trumpeting of papa swan lets all babies know that the day is done.
While in the treetops up above, the nightingale and silver dove pla...
Nighty Night Digger Dear - a bedtime story
Attention all construction vehicle lovers: this sweet bedtime story is about a tired little excavator––a digger––being tucked in for the night.
After a long day of hard work, even construction trucks need to stop and take a rest! Dump trucks, bulldozers, scrapers, rollers and DIGGERS must cool their engines, wash their windshie...
Come celebrate Christmas Eve at Old Mrs. Moody's house with all your favorite characters from season one: Lizbeth and Mable, Puff Kitty and Little Wilbur, Uncle Henry, Roylene, Wesley, Bingo, and THELMA!
Catbaloo and Old Mrs. Moody find the perfect Christmas tree and wrestle it into the house, but when their kitten, Little Wilbur, breaks almost all the ornaments, they don't have enough to decorate the tree!
Soon, friends begin s...
Old Mrs. Moody has a terrible cold, and while she waits to see the doctor, Catbaloo tells her the story of Anderson Kate and the Goody Goat Cart – a beautiful story of giving.
Anderson Kate is a little girl who lives on the mountaintop. One day, she and her mother bake a chocolate cake for Grandmother’s birthday. They put the cake in a little cart, pulled by two darling goats, and Anderson ...
When Charlotte and her small pony, Sonora, enter the horse race at the county fair, no one thinks they can win. Sonora is much smaller than all of the other horses.
But when Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo overhear Charlotte speaking words of encouragement to her pony - "I love you, pony. You have everything you need to win!" - they sit down with a bag of popcorn to watch the exciting race.
Kiddos are invited along on this TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURE with Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo!
They’ll buckle up in the time machine and travel back to Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903 – just in time to help spin the propeller to start the engine on the first powered flight in history.
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DUMP TRUCKS, EXCAVATORS, and JACKHAMMERS, oh my! They’re fixing the road right in front of Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo’s houses and it is very exciting to watch!
But, when the road crew digs through the water line with an excavator, they'll be without water for the rest of the day. Oh dear, now they won't be able to get an...
Is Old Mrs. Moody the only person on earth who doesn’t know the story of the Bubble and Squeak Carwash? It’s only the biggest mystery in Bixby County—ever!
Catbaloo and Old Mrs. Moody bake fresh peach cobbler together while Catbaloo tells Old Mrs. Moody the mysterious tale.
Hop in the the station wagon with the Jones brothers, Jack and Otis; the puppy they found in a ba...
Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo are having a knitting lesson on the back porch, but a very crafty crow is interrupting them with his loud "caw, caw." Is he trying to tell them something? What could it be?
When Mrs. Moody brings out a pair of binoculars to get a better look at what the crow is up to, she discovers an opening—the door to someone's home—way up high in the sugartree. Who is living ...
Campers, get on the bus! You're going on a one-night campout at Possum Creek with Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo!
You'll take a hike through the woods and learn to identify animal tracks. Then, you will paddle out to the middle of the lake to do a little fishing.
After a day of adventures, you will sit around a cozy campfire and toast marshmallows for s'mores.
It's the day of the Hot Diggity Dog Parade and it's coming right down the middle of Main Street! Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo are going to sit on the front row and watch all the cute little doggie faces go by. Dogs of every size, shape and breed will be there! Marching bands and special performances by ballet-dancing poodles; juggling, jumping Jack Russels, and a demonstration of t...
ROYLENE
Little piggy, Roylene, has a big imagination! She wants to turn Uncle Henry’s farm into the African veldt. She makes the barn cats roar and growl like lions and tigers; makes the goats stretch their necks up like giraffes, and makes the ducks stand on one leg all day, like flamingos. The whole barnyard is in chaos!
Old Mrs. Moody and Catbaloo have come up with a...
As Old Mrs. Moody sits at her window watching a thunderstorm roll by, she spots a tiny kitten under a tree in her backyard. It's caught out in the rain!
Catbaloo comes at once to help Mrs. Moody rescue the kitten. They dry the kitten's fur, feed her a bowl of warm milk, and make her a soft cozy bed by the fire. They even n...
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