Carl’s Collections

Meet Carl! He’s a raccoon who loves collecting. Carl is the star of a new PBS Kids show called Carl the Collector. It’s the first PBS Kids series with a main character who’s autistic. That means he sees, feels, and thinks of things a little differently than others do.

The series was created by Zachariah OHora. He’s an author and illustrator of children’s books. He hopes the program inspires kids to be supportive friends. Everyone should “feel safe and appreciated,” he told TIME for Kids. “We are all different. We all need to be loved.”