A little girl, Aja, got a tiny, cute puppy from her parents. They named him Rek, but Aja couldn't pronounce the R and started calling him Fek, which then led to the dog's definitive name - Fík. The puppy grew and grew until he turned out to be a giant maxipes. In seven stories, you will learn about Fík's wisdom, how he collected laurels at the racetrack, how he went to school, and even got...

A narrative book about the most famous Prague native, Franz Kafka, brings his life and work closer to everyone who wants to get to know his world in more detail. The world of Prague German-written literature, the world of his interests, family and friends, and also the world of very special stories come to life, which still puzzle readers and experts at their word. The author of the text is the...

František Antonín Count Kostka of Kostka is a descendant of a noble family living in New York. After the fall of the communist regime, he returns to Bohemia with his American wife Vivien and daughter Marie (III.) to take over the family seat. In addition to the castle, the count's family ‘inherits’ the staff: a reactionary castellan, a hypochondriac gardener and a cook who likes to click and...

The Good Soldier Švejk is one of the most famous and popular characters not only in Czech but also in world literature. This is evidenced by the fact that, along with numerous editions at home and abroad, the work has become a classic in the true sense of the word, which is constantly read and quoted. Perhaps we could also talk about a part of our national character, whether in a good or...

A book full of fantasy, wonderful ideas and unique humor! A quirky nine-year-old girl, Pippi, with an unusual behavior, name and appearance, experiences many cheerful adventures with her friends. One day she even sets off by boat to visit her father, who is the black king on a distant island...

This unique book contains colorful stories, poems, nursery rhymes, fables, riddles and an alphabet for beginning readers. There are also tips and examples on how to write letters. A colorful first reading, which is a popular reading in schools.

The adventures with Mole and his friends, a mouse, a frog, a hedgehog and a bunny, never end. In the middle of nature, they experience their small and big joys and worries so close to small children – they frolic by the water, play in the forest, do sports, paint, and most importantly, they invent pranks. Thirteen humorously illustrated stories are complemented by charming verses by Jirí Žácek.

The book The Story of a Dog and a Cat is a classic work of children's literature. It was first published in 1929 and has delighted many children and their parents since then. The dog and the cat live together in a little house and run their small household and want to do everything like grown-ups, they wash the dirty floor, bake a cake, go for a walk on Sundays, write letters to children or put...

From the royal trip to the Netherlands, Marie III. Kostková will bring back not only experiences and a photo with Her Majesty Queen Beatrix, but also a love affair, which will only be ‘silvered’ at the very end of the new sequel; Helenka Vondrácková will also appear at the castle, among others. However, there will be more love affairs on Kostka, and most of them will be recorded by a film crew...

An unexpectedly chilling novel from the author of the bestsellers Hana, Tiché roky, Listopád. They call her Cácora and it seems that she was born by accident and as if on purpose. Her father disappeared somewhere during the floods, her mother runs away from responsibility to lovers and alcohol - and the little girl is left hanging on the neck of her unfriendly grandmother, who manages the...

A worker at a waste paper collection center, Hanta, has worked at a printing press for thirty-five years. He rescues rare books from piles of paper, reads them, and is thus ''educated against his will.'' The novella Too Noisy Solitude is Hanta’s inner monologue with many recurring motifs. The reader gets to know Hanta’s first love, Mancinka, and the gypsy Ilonka, who disappeared in a...