“Even before Arthur ended, I was nurturing a new project about a little frog named Hop, for a younger audience,” Brown said in a statement. “As Hop’s world grew in my imagination, I drew ...

Hop, which Max calls a “younger continuation of Arthur,” follows Hop the frog (David Connolly), his older sister Penny (Misha Bakshi), and their neighborhood pals in Fair Village.

Max and Arthur creator Marc Brown are teaming up on Hop, a preschool animated series that is described as a “heartwarming comedy about embracing people’s differences.” The cast of characters ...