Kids Can Press president Lisa Lyons, Franklin author Pauletter Bourgeois and illustrator Brenda Clark, and Canada Post’s Alice Lafferty flank Franklin the Turtle at his stamp series launch in Toronto (Photo: Stephanie Lake, Canadian Press/courtesy of Kids Can Press)

Canada Post has cemented Franklin the Turtle’s status as a Canadian kidlit icon by unveiling a series of stamps featuring the hero in a half-shell.

The four stamps depicting scenes from Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark’s books, published by Kids Can Press, are part of a series commemorating Canadian children’s literature. (Canada Post has yet to reveal any other children’s lit characters to get the postage stamp treatment.)

Also at the May 12 event in Toronto, Canada Post launched its Stamps Alive app, which allows users to play a Franklin game by scanning the stamp package with their Apple or Android mobile devices.