EZOP Publishing House, founded in 1991 in Warsaw, Poland is a team of four women who dedicated their work to publishing high quality books for children and promoting good literature among young readers. Ezop specializes in Polish contemporary literature for children and teenagers, but also explores other genres like fairy tales, short stories, novels, lexicons [...]

Päike Ja Pilv was founded in 2005. It is known for publishing high quality literature for children and teenagers. The critical eye of their editor has brought the publisher a number of prestigious awards. They cooperate closely with the Estonian Children’s Literature Centre, staging various events and competitions. The publisher is a member of the [...]

Ibis grafika was founded in 1994. It focuses on publishing academic literature and fiction, and is known in particular for publishing high quality children’s books. They are especially proud of publishing the world-renowned books by Julia Donaldson and the illustrator Axel Scheffler. The first illustrated book by the top Lithuanian writer and illustrator Kęstutis Kasparavičius [...]

The cultural and artistic society Sodobnost International was founded in 2004 with the aim of providing high-quality literature and offering the Slovene market a diverse selection of awarded Slovene and foreign authors. In just over ten years, selected prose, poetry, essays and excellent works for children and young adults have been published. We are proud [...]

Author: Jana Bauer Illustrator: Caroline Thaw Page: 159 The authorThe illustratorThe author Jana Bauer is a popular writer for children and young adults. She grew up in Kočevje, but spent her summers with her grandmother by the River Kolpa. Her father was a passionate storyteller and legends about witches, spirits and smugglers had the strongest influence [...]

Author: Andrej Rozman Roza Illustrator: Ana Košir Page: 63 The authorThe illustratorThe author In his three gripping detective stories, Andrej Rozman Roza shows in a humorous way that we sometimes find ourselves in a hopeless situation, but with the right degree of courage and daring there is always a solution. The illustrator Ana Košir graduated [...]

Author: Kęstutis Kasparavičius Illustrator: Kęstutis Kasparavičius Page: 56 The authorThe illustratorThe author Throughout his 34-year career, Kasparavičius has drawn illustrations for over 60 books. The illustrator’s favorite painting method is watercolor, and although his style tends to be realistic, the author himself has said that he has drawn plenty of unrealistic illustrations as well, full of weird [...]

Author: Grigor Vitez Illustrator: Peter Škerl Page: 70 The authorThe illustratorThe author Grigor Vitez is one of the founders of modern children’s poetry in Croatia, which is something he is involved in besides translating and editing books. His first collection of children’s poetry established a new way of writing: word play, nonsense and lyrical descriptions [...]

Author: Ida Mlakar Illustator: Zarja Menart Page: 48 The authorO ilustratorkiThe author Ida Mlakar was born on the outskirts of Kranj and spent her childhood there. He father was a shoemaker who wrote poetry and loved philosophy. In the first year of primary school, when she had already decided to be a writer, she wrote [...]

Author: Gendrutis Morkūnas Illustrator: Lina Žutautė Page: 139 The authorThe illustratorThe author While studying the ways people could protect themselves from radiation, Gendrutis Morkūnas developed a completely different skill – writing for children and young adults. He proved to be a talented writer in 2005 when his first book, “Vasara su Katšuniu“, was awarded as the “Most Significant [...]