Świerszczyk (Polish for little cricket) is an illustrated Polish children's biweekly magazine published since 1945. The publisher of the magazine is Nowa Era.[1] Many popular Polish authors of children's magazines, such as Hanna Januszewska, Jan Brzechwa, Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina, Olga Siemaszkowa, Lucyna Krzemieniecka and Jan Marcin Szancer wrote for the publication, and Jeż Jerzy, a popular modern Polish comic, debuted there.