In 1931, Czech author Josef Hais Týnecký and illustrator O. Stáfl published the children’s novel The Moon and Beyond. It’s the story of a group of beetles who take a tour of the planets of the solar system. I can’t really say much about the plot, my knowledge of Czech being limited to nothing, but it’s the pictures that matter. And they are just too adorable for words anyway. I’m leaving their captions attached just in case there are any Czech readers out there.

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