Albatros
Albatros Publishing is the oldest Czech publishing house specializing in literature for children and the young (from our founding in 1949 to 1969 we operated under the name National Children’s Publishing). Today it is a part of the modern media corporation, Albatros Media a.s.
Throughout its existence, Albatros has published over 10,000 titles with a total volume exceeding 350 milions copies. In 1964, Albatros - with 6 other international publishers - co-founded Bologna Children's Book Fair.
In the present era Albatros publishes approximately 130 books
per year and focuses on high-quality literature in the original and in translation, particularly catering to children between the ages of 2 and
12-years-old. It offers a broad spectrum of authors and genres, from established authors (e.g. Zdeněk Miler, Václav Čtvrtek, Hana Doskočilová,
Josef Lada, Jan Werich, Jiří Žáček; Adolf Born, Zdeněk Burian, Helena Zmatlíková et al.) and perennial favorites like the Hurt Little Ant
foldout book, Little Mole stories, Mikeš the Cat, The Little Prince, and The Bullerby Children, to contemporary Czech and foreign authors (Petra
Braunová, Ivona Březinová, Alena Ježková, Radek Malý; Jindra Čapek, Renáta Fučíková, František Skála; Eoin Colfer, Jostein Gaarder, the
duo of R. Goscinny & J. J. Sempé, Darren Shan, Jenny Nimmová, Hergé and others.)
Albatros is, and has been for a long time, the exclusive
Czech publisher of Astrid Lindgren’s books and J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter series.
Recently we have been publishing the top children’s books in Slovak as well.
Among our titles you can find examples from across the spectrum of children’s literature: fold-up books and poetry for young children, fairy tales and kids’ books for beginning readers, fun educational and instructional works, detective stories and comics, lushly illustrated works and stories for more advanced and discerning readers. Come see for yourself!
K. J. Erben (1811 – 1870) was one of the most important Czech writers of the 19th century, who inspired a number of later works of art and cultural
activities. He was fascinated by the alleged mysteries hidden in folklore. As a folklore collector, he concentrated on narrative poems, legends...
Ten tales about little things that kids don’t mind and parents can’t stand. Uncombed hair, unwashed ears, unwiped noses, unbrushed teeth, untied shoelaces, messy toys, messy eating, tattling—these are things kids don’t even want to hear about. But then something unbelievable happens, and th...
A graphic novel of sorts, composed of nine stories without words, presents unusual protagonists: old men. One of them is still as wild as an urchin
kid, even at his age, going around with his sling; another poses on trams as the Lord Almighty; yet another lives in the past – at the time of
transp...