Caillou (French pronunciation: [kaˈju]) is a Canadian educational children's television series which aired on Teletoon (both English and French versions), with its first episode airing on the former channel on September 15, 1997; it later moved to Treehouse TV, with its final episode being shown on that channel on October 3, 2010. It was animated in Canada by CINAR Corporation (later Cookie Jar Entertainment), In season 5, the show was animated by the South African studio Clockwork Zoo. The series, based on the books by Hélène Desputeaux, focuses on a four-year-old boy named Caillou who is fascinated by the world around him.