Joanna Olech

She is the co-author of Polish Scientific Publishers PWN Polish-language textbooks for junior high-school students.

• Name — Joanna Olech • Born — 26 December 1955 • Birthplace — Warsaw, Poland • Birth Name — Joanna Wunderlich • Occupation — children’s book writer • Notable Works — Dynastia Miziołków

Olech was born in Warsaw on 26 December 1955. She is the daughter of Jerzy Wunderlich, a television journalist, and Janina née Cembrzyńska, an editor of popular science books. Her sister is the film set designer Anna Wunderlich. Olech graduated in graphic design from the She is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw. In 1980, she married the graphic artist Piotr Młodożeniec and, in 1991, Grzegorz Olech, a mathematician and furniture designer.

Olech is the author of a recognised series of books about the adventures of Pompon the Dragon Fiś family, stories about what appears to be an ordinary family and its extraordinary charge. She is particularly known for the attention she pays to the design of her books. Many of her books have been published in Spanish as well as in Polish. In addition to her own publications, Olech writes about children’s literature in the magazine, Tygodnik Powszechny, the newspaper, Rzeczpospolita, the journal, Nowe Książki, and in the daily newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza. Her own works include: • Dynastia Miziołków (Miziołków Dynasty), 1994: • Gdzie diabeł mówi: Do usług! (Where the devil says... at your service!) 1997: • Trudne słówka: Niepoważny słowniczek dynastii Miziołków (Difficult words: A frivolous dictionary of the Miziołków dynasty), 2002 • Pompon w rodzinie Fisiów (Pompon in the Fiś family), 2007 • Kiedy byłam mała. Kiedy byłem mały (When I was a little girl. When I Was Little - with Michał Rusinek), 2010 • Pulpet i Prudencja: Smocze Pogotowie Przygodowe (Pulpet and Prudence: Dragon Adventure Emergency), 2010 • Bal przebierańców (Fancy Dress Ball), 2011 • Tadek i spółka (Tadek and Company), 2012 • Tarantula, Klops i Herkules (Tarantula, Klops and Hercules), 2012 • Pompon na wakacjach (Pompon on Vacation), 2013 • Tytus - superpies (Tytus – Superdog), 2013: • ArcyBolek, 2014 • Mam prawo i nie zawaham się go użyć! (I Have the Right and I Will Not Hesitate to Use It!), 2014 • Tytus w cyrku (Tytus at the Circus), 2014 • Ząb czarownicy (Witch's Tooth), 2015 • Bal piłkarzy (Footballers' Ball), 2016 • Poppintrokowie: Opowiadania z magią i dreszczem (Poppintrokowie: Stories with Magic and Chills), 2016 • Porwanie (Kidnapping), 2016 • Szkoła na Dobrej (School on Dobra), 2021 • Miziołki wracają czyli Kaszydło rządzi (Miziołki Return or Kaszydło Rules), 2022 • Tym razem ci się upiekło! (You Got Away with it This Time!), 2022 • Bolek i Lolek szukają skarbu. Bajka o wychodzeniu z tarapatów (Bolek and Lolek Are Looking for Treasure. A Fairy Tale about Getting Out of Trouble), 2023 • Kajtek. Bajki mają moc (Kajtek. Fairy Tales Have Power), 2023 • Guzik. Bajki mają moc (Guzik. Fairy Tales Have Power), 2023