Our Story

Walnut Canyon Press was founded to enable distribution of Arizona: Nations and Arts.

700,000 books were gifted through seven annual distributions to Arizona 4th graders; all Arizona public libraries, all US Department of State Embassy libraries worldwide and other military-connected organizations.

Arizona: Nations and Arts was originally created for Governor Napolitano’s Books For Kids program. Walnut Canyon Press was founded when this beloved statewide literacy program was abruptly canceled.    

During visits to Title 1 and BIE schools, educators routinely requested additional books for their young students. They explained that parents, eager to help their kids, often asked for literacy support material.  Super Me! sprung from the pleas of our educators in the trenches.