One drawing table.
Two very different readers.
Alex Herek is an independent publisher making activity books that ask very little and give back a lot — a set of crayons, a quiet half hour, and something worth finishing. Some readers are five. Some are eighty-five. The table looks the same either way. The catalog now also includes Wigilia, an illustrated cookbook exploring Polish Christmas heritage.
"I wanted to make something my kids and my parents could both sit down with — no batteries, no login, just a page worth coloring in."— ALEX HEREK, FOUNDER
Draft pull-quote — replace with Alex's own words on why the two shelves exist.
A shelf that grew in both directions.
Placeholder milestones below — swap in the real dates, volume counts and turning points of the catalog.
The first volume
[Describe the very first book you published — what problem it solved, and for whom.]
Children of the World takes shape
[Note when the flagship kids series expanded into its five continent volumes.]
The senior shelf opens
[Explain what prompted Left Hand Brain Training and the Sharp Mind series.]
Two shelves, one table
[Where the catalog stands today, and what's coming next.]
Three things every volume shares.
Researched, not guessed
Flags, landmarks and traditions are checked against real sources before a single line is drawn.
Tested at the table
Every page goes through a real kid or a real senior with a pack of crayons before it ships.
Independently made
Created, edited and published by Alex Herek — with original characters and layouts, not stock templates.
Pick a shelf and pull up a chair.
Browse the full catalog for kids or for seniors — or grab a free sample first.