[3] The Kids Can Press list includes well-known characters such as Franklin the Turtle.

[4] Kids Can Press started in 1973 as an initiative from the Ontario College of Art to take advantage of growing nationalism within Canada during the 1970s to provide locally relevant children's material.

In 1986, the publisher became a privately owned business ran by Valerie Hussey and Ricky Englander.

[6] Hussey remained at the company until 2006, when she stepped down and Lisa Lyons assumed leadership.

Kids Can Press books have received critical acclaim and numerous nominations and awards.