Caillou

tv show

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230 total episodes

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23 seasons

First Aired January 01, 1998

Overview

Caillou is an educational Canadian children's television series, based on the books by author Christine L'Heureux and illustrator Hélène Desputeaux. During the first season, many of the stories in the animated version began with a grandmother introducing the story to her grandchildren, then reading the story about the book. Since 1997, the narrator/grandmother is an unseen character. Caillou first aired on Canada's Teletoon channel in 1998; it later made its United States debut in English on Public Broadcasting Service Public television on September 4, 2000 A 5th Season came out in 2013 = and it airs on PBS Kids. Caillou also airs on PBS Sprout.

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Caillou at Daycare

Season 1 - Episode 7 - 1h 30m

Air Date

January 06, 1998

Overview

It's Caillou's first day at daycare, and he's whining because he doesn't want to go - He wants to be at Grandma's instead. We meet with Mrs. Martin, Caillou's teacher. Caillou's mom then leaves. Mrs. Martin gives Caillou some juice. Caillou then tries to befriend Leo, but Leo was rude to him. Enters Clementine. She introduces herself to Caillou, and explains to Caillou that Leo ""doesn't like to share"". She shows Caillou what she has been doing: cutouts. She then asks Caillou why does he prefers his grandparents' place. He tells her that he likes painting. She explains to him that they can do that at daycare, too. She brings out some paints, brushes and paper. Caillou paints a robin as Clementine cuts out some paper worms. Leo walks by, and notices Caillou's painting of a robin. He wants Caillou to teach him how to paint. Caillou aggrees, on the condition that Leo teach Clementine and him how to build castles with blocks. And so, we see Leo paint a (distorted) robin while Caillou and Cl