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Publishing House BALTAIS VALIS

“Baltais Valis” (in Latvian "White Whale") is a children's book and magazine publishing house created in Latvia. Magazine is great reading material and storage of ideas for kids and all family, but our books from authors of Latvia with education content will be great additional reading for kids who want read more and find out. We also publish translations of excellent children's books.

If you are interested in publishing of these books, please contact us!
BALTAIS VALIS

Alekša iela 2-7, Riga, LV-1005, Latvia

Tel.: +371-29453334

Foreign Rights: Gunta Apse, [email protected]


OUR BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

We are publishing Latvian author books and translations from the best children’s authors.


Festive Crafts

Svētku darbiņi

In the pages of this book, readers will discover some of the world’s most unusual celebrations through various practical or simply beautiful crafts. Learn about the origins of Happiness Day, T-Shirt Day, Alpaca Day, Jellyfish Day, Mushroom Day, Whale Day, and other unique holidays. Plus, create fun projects like a shopping net bag, a paper airplane, or a cute dog-shaped pen holder — and much more! The activities are easy to follow, with step-by-step photo instructions to guide you along the way.

Delicious stories

Garšīgie stāstiņi

In “Delicious Stories”, readers embark on an exciting journey exploring nature's delicacies — vegetables, fruits, and berries. Did you ever imagine tomatoes being cultivated alongside roses? Or ponder over the existence of a colossal pineapple in Australia, doubling as a lookout tower? Learn about extraordinary records in eating and growing these treats, and the importance of incorporating them healthily into your diet.

EXPERIMENTS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR

Eksperimenti visam gadam

This book is an excellent helper for taking one’s first steps in the world of science. It contains very simple natural science experiments that do not require a chemistry laboratory or physics room but can be done easily at home.

HANDICRAFTS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR

Darbiņi visam gadam

This book is useful for children and whole families as a storehouse of ideas for unique craft projects that are adapted to all seasons and holidays throughout the year.

DWARFS STUFF

Rūķības

Each tale and poem of the well-known Latvian author Aivars Neibarts in the book for “little people”, as he called in children, conjures up a world up candy tree, make a pie from sleep, mends the sleeve of old lady – the World, wraps tree roots in leaf socks and learns very interesting things at school, for example, the language of birds.

Magazine

Baltais Valis

Baltais Valis

An illustrated educational magazine for children. This magazine is great reading material for children aged 5 to 10 years old. The magazine aims to develop readers’ natural curiosity about the world around them, educating them in an engaging way, in simple, understandable language.

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