Founded: 1985
Algaida Editores is the national market leader in educational publishing for young children. The global projects, Palomitas de maíz and La granja de Nito, both aimed at children up to age six, continue to be warmly received by teachers. In addition, complementary teaching materials for literacy, graphomotor skills, English and mathematics, as well as project workbooks for the ¡Me interesa! collection cover a wide range of educational requirements. Currently, Algaida is developing new teaching materials aimed at early childhood education, based on active pedagogies and methodologies that are established in several educational centers. Early childhood methods tailored to Latin American countries, as well as textbooks for the baccalaureate and secondary school education, round out the educational catalog.
Algaida also publishes a remarkable list of literature for children, as well as poetry and fiction for adults in Spanish. It publishes winners of major literary prizes. El mapa del tiempo (The Map of Time) by Félix J. Palma was translated in more than 30 countries and won the Ateneo Prize, Prize, which was also awarded to José Ángel Mañas, a major figure of recent Spanish literature. Algaida is a leading publisher of new talent.