Picarona was born in 2013 with the vocation of promoting the love of reading among the smallest of the house, with the idea of ​​creating wonderful "lions" and "lionesses", "monsters", "dragons", "princes" and "princesses "And all kinds of" fantastic beings. " Their journey of more than thirty-five years as Ediciones Obelisco, dedicated to non-fiction books for adults, led them to also focus on the interests and needs of the little ones. Large and striking illustrations were to run through its pages, accompanied by stories that were fun, enriching and experiential at the same time. And in it they are.

Picarona has grown very quickly and very well: lengthwise, width and depth. It has recovered the classic titles with which we have all grown up, but, at the same time, it has tackled a multitude of new, real and everyday stories; He has surrounded himself with adventures, humor, magic and fantasy that –a cheetah reading– teach us to understand and manage emotions, to discover, to explore, to put ourselves in the shoes of the other, as well as to forge oneself as a person, as authentic human beings , unique, supportive.

Picarona continues to grow –good proof of this is its well-nourished catalog–, it continues to approach the innate curiosity of children, their clean and new gaze, to help them discover the most wonderful things in this world, with the ethical and aesthetic commitment that they deserve, and he still wants them to be moved and have fun, and seduce them too. Her bet is to maintain the pace, conviction and energy in the defense of reading, that weapon of massive instruction.