The world of children’s literature has transformed and adapted with the times, but one cannot help but feel that pang of warm nostalgia whenever confronted with a character embodiment of youth.

Czech cartoon mole Krtek, popular in communist Europe for decades, wants to move into the $21B U.S. toy market with the help of Apple (AAPL), reports Bloomberg. The launch of the stuffed-animal ...

Zdenek Miler, the creator of the Czech cartoon character Krtek (the Mole), which entertained children around the world for more than half a century, has died at the age of 90. Miler, an illustrator ...

It’s not something you’d see in an old Warner Bros. cartoon: a mommy rabbit going into labor and giving birth, depicted with anatomical correctness. That was the high point of “Krtek” (“The Mole”), ...

That was the high point of "Krtek" ("The Mole"), one of Eastern Europe's most beloved old cartoons, about a kind-hearted mole and his woodland friends. Because of YouTube, "Krtek" and other Soviet-era ...

In 1954, the Czech cartoonist Zdeněk Miler was tasked with creating educational films about the merits of Communist industry. Miler subverted the project to create Krtek (The Mole), and showed ...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Zdenek Miler, the creator of Czech cartoon character Krtek (the Mole), which entertained children around the world for over half a century, died on Wednesday at the age of 90, Czech ...