Publisher Spotlight: Kids Can Press

Kids Can Press is a Canadian children's book publisher, best known for for its "Franklin" books, and more recently, Melanie Watt's "Scaredy Squirrel" series.

For Writers and Illustrators

Writer and illustrator guidelines can be found on their website.  Unlike many publishers, they accept unsolicited manuscripts -  picture books, non-fiction books for children, and chapter books for ages 7 to 10.  However, they do not accept any fantasy books, or young adult fiction.

For Parents

The "Franklin" books are perfect books for a parent to read to their child (ages 3 to 8).   Although Franklin is a turtle, your child will easily relate to him.   The stories provide a nice balance between being entertaining, and teaching your child a valuable lesson.  

I would also recommend any book by Melanie Watt.  I could definitely relate to "Scaredy Squirrel", but that only made the books even more amusing.  And anyone of anyone who owns a cat will be sure to recognize their own cat in "Chester", who has a mind of his own.