High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Max and Ruby is a Canadian animated series that debuted in 2002 (following a pilot episode in 2001) that is aimed at a preschool audience. Created by children`s book author/illustrator Rosemary Wells and based on the world of her Max and Ruby books, the episodes present stories about Max, a rambunctious and determined three-year-old rabbit, and his big sister, Ruby, a patient, goal-oriented, sometimes restrictive seven-year-old rabbit. A pilot episode for this series aired in 2001 and the program appeared as a regular series on October 21, 2002, Season Two was aired during 2003, Season Three was aired in 2006, and a fourth season was aired in 2009. According to Rosemary Wells on the Nick Jr. website, "Max Ruby celebrates the relationship between Ruby and her younger brother, Max, and the universal nature of sibling relationships."