Juno Award in 1989 and a Gemini Award in 1994. Penner recorded more than 900 episodes of the show. Since the show ended, Penner continues to perform and record regularly. Accolades Penner has received a Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year four times: in 1989, 2003, 2015 and 2018. In 1991, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for "using music and song to entertain and educate his young audience". In 2011, he was made a Member of the Order of Manitoba. Personal Currently, Penner splits his time between Winnipeg and Toronto. He has four children by his first marriage to Odette Heyn. He remarried in 2016, to theatre director Rae Ellen Bodie. His daughter Hayley Gene Penner is a songwriter. Penner has promoted a number of humanitarian causes with UNESCO, UNICEF, World Vision and the National Conference on Down Syndrome. Filmography Film Television Discography The Cat Came Back (1979) The Polka Dot Pony (1981) (reissued as Poco) Special Delivery (1983) (reissued as Ebeneezer Sneezer) A House for Me (1985) Fred Penner's Place (1988) Collections (1989) The Season (1990) Happy Feet (1992) What A Day! (1994) Moonlight Express (1996) Sing With Fred (2003) Where In The World (2014) Hear the Music (2017) Sources References External links Biography, on Paquin Entertainment's representation site 1946 births 20th-century Canadian guitarists 20th-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century Canadian male singers Canadian children's musicians Canadian children's television personalities Canadian children's television presenters Canadian folk guitarists Canadian Folk Music Award winners Canadian folk singers Canadian male guitarists Canadian Mennonites Mennonite musicians Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year winners Living people Members of the Order of Canada Members of the Order of Manitoba Musicians from Winnipeg University of Winnipeg alumni