Based off a book by William Joyce, who also wrote the books for Rolie Polie Olie (1998) and Meet the Robinsons (2007).
The show made its U.S. debut 30 September 2000 as one tier of the "PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch". Other tiers included "Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse", "Seven Little Monsters", and "Timothy Goes to School". When the production of "PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch" ended, the network gave this show a solo shot beginning 6 January 2003.
In its independent run on PBS, the series' episodes were broadcast out-of-order compared to their in-show chronology.