Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (roughly Yellow Woodpecker Farm or Yellow Woodpecker Ranch) is a Brazilian animated series loosely based on the eponymous series of books Sítio do Picapau Amarelo by Monteiro Lobato.

[2] Each episode of the series took five weeks to get ready and were all based on the book of Reinações de Narizinho, published in 1931 by Monteiro Lobato.

The model sheet of the characters was created by designer Bruno Okada,[3][4] that was chosen after a competition sponsored by Globo.

[5][6][7] In the Yellow Woodpecker Farm lives an old widow, Dona Benta and her two grandchildren, Lúcia (referred mostly by her nickname Narizinho, in English, little nose), and her cousin Pedrinho, which is Portuguese for little Pedro.

Known for her nonstop chattering about everything on her mind, she is a very enthusiastic yet naive doll, always learning lessons in most episodes (she is arguably the "main" character of the show, and the mascot) due to her childish tendency to lie.

She is the type to act before thinking with a short temper, and her headstrong sassy nature tends to land her in unfavorable situations that grow worse due to her stubbornness & selfishness.

A running gag is that Emilia frequently mispronounces words with Lucia correcting them, possibly due to her fast nature.

She gets cold without her dress, she can be stung by insects with visible bumps forming, she can produce saliva, & she can faint from terribly awful smells, all the while she is bathed by hand wash, she can curl into a ball and move at high speeds a la Sonic the Hedgehog, & she can tie knots in her body with no real repercussions.

Visconde is a very polite puppet made of corncob with a high IQ & a love for all knowledge, especially science such as biology and zoology.

He does not spend a lot of time with the kids; he instead prefers to read the books by the bookshelf, and he is usually the one the farm residents approach when they are curious about something.

She is the generous royal seamstress of the Kingdom of the Clear Waters who takes great joy in making dresses for her friends, especially Narizinho.

An old and polite snail doctor who is known in the Kingdom of the Clear Waters for being able to cure anything with his several pills such as those for allowing dolls to talk.

Much like Nastácia he works hard at Mrs. Benta's farm and even contests with her at times, but he is the least seen character of the whole cast; he's only seen after Season 1 in a couple episodes.

In contrast to the adventurous little nose, she is what she considers "grown up": discarding all playing & toys and doing things such as painting her fingernails and sunbathing.

Lua is a cute polite girl who was found bathing in the river water in her debut A Namorada do Saci.

The series featured a regular audience among the public, although many fans of the franchise have not enjoyed this compared to other adaptations due to its more childlike version.

[8] Moreover, the series was very successful in other countries of Latin America where it is displayed as El Rancho del Pájaro Amarillo through the branches of Cartoon Network and Tooncast including being awarded the "International Festival of Animation Chilemonos" in Chile as the Best Latin American Animated Series.