Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (roughly Yellow Woodpecker Farm or Yellow Woodpecker Ranch) is an animated series loosely based on the eponymous series of books Sítio do Picapau Amarelo by Monteiro Lobato. It was first aired on 7 January 2012, and it was produced by Globo and Mixer. 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.