The wonders of the solar system are now on display for young kids in the new animated series “Uncle Percy’s Adventures in Space!” Geared to kids aged 4 to 8, the 11-part series is produced by Lowell Observatory.

Created to further Lowell’s educational outreach mission, the series takes kids to the eight major planets, the Sun, the Moon, and, of course, Pluto. In each episode, an animated version of Percival Lowell and a robotic assistant named Miss Kitty travel from the Observatory’s campus to study these solar-system objects in a spaceship version of Lowell’s car, a functioning 1911 Stevens-Duryea nicknamed “Big Red”.

Each episode includes an accompanying workbook produced in cooperation with Northern Arizona University’s College of Education. The series and workbooks were developed to fit state and federal science teaching standards.