Timothy Goes to School is a preschool children's animated television series based on books written by Rosemary Wells, but is titled after the book of the same name. The series is a co-production with Nelvana Limited and Animation Services (Hong Kong) Limited and Silver Lining Entertainment Limited, produced in association with PBS and TVOntario and with the participation of Knowledge Network, Access and Saskatchewan Communications Network. The show premiered on September 30, 2000, and aired its final episode on January 26, 2002. The show aired on PBS as part of the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch block from 2000 until 2004.

Premise

Timothy Goes to School primarily focuses on a young enthusiastic anthropomorphic raccoon named Timothy (voiced by Austin Di Iulio), who attends kindergarten at a fictional place called "Hilltop School" along with ten other students (each of which are of different animals except for the Frank Twins and Claude). The kindergarten class is taught by Mrs. Jenkins, a comforting teacher who enjoys educating and helping her students.

Characters

Below are the characters split up into three groups, children, adults, and others. A majority of the characters were taken from other Rosemary Wells stories such as Shy Charles, Fritz and the Mess Fairy, Noisy Nora, and the Yoko and Friends: School Days book series.

Children

Adults

Others

There are several notable adults and relatives (mainly the children's parents and siblings), though many only appear in a couple of episodes. The fathers of Yoko, Fritz, and Lilly are never seen in the show, as well as the mothers of Claude and the Franks. These are never addressed in the show at any point.

Episodes

Season 1 (2000)

Season 2 (2001–02)

Telecast

Timothy Goes to School was first premiered on September 30, 2000, and aired its final episode on January 26, 2002. The show aired on PBS as a segment on the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch block from 2000 until 2004. The show was aired in the U.S. on the channels PBS, Discovery Kids, and Qubo. In Canada, the show has aired on various Canadian television stations, with reruns later airing on Treehouse TV. In foreign countries, the show also aired on the United Kingdom's digital TV channel Tiny Pop, Israel on Hop! under the Hebrew title "טימותי הולך לבית הספר", in the Middle East on Almajd TV Network, and in Latin America on ZAZ. In Brazil, the show was aired on TV Cultura in 2003 until 2007. As of 2022, the show is now streaming on Tubi.

Home Media

In the mid-2000s, KaBoom! Entertainment has released several DVD releases of the series in Canada. A DVD titled "Lessons Learned" was released by the US distributor FUNimation Entertainment in 2004, under the Our Time Family Entertainment imprint. A DVD of the series was released in the United Kingdom by Maverick Entertainment in 2004. Two more DVDs titled "New Friends" and "When I Grow Up" were released by FremantleMedia in 2008 and 2009.