U književnoteorijskim krugovima Grigor Vitez (1911. - 1966.) prvenstveno je poznat i prepoznat kao vrsni pjesnik za djecu i začetnik hrvatskoga dječjega suvremenoga pjesništva u kojemu je inaugurirao sve važnije fenomene koji obilježavaju taj žanr i danas. O Vitezovoj književnoj djelatnosti dosad je napisan velik broj studija, ogleda, eseja, kritika, dok je njegova stručna djelatnost ostala zanemarena, pa je izvan ozbiljne recepcije ostao Vitezov opsežan urednički rad na mnogobrojnim nakladničkim nizovima za djecu i mladež.
Vitez je od 1951. do kraja svoga života (1966.) bio zaposlen u izdavačkome poduzeću Novo pokoljenje, koje se ubrzo po njegovu zaposlenju preimenovalo u Mladost, gdje je bio glavni urednik za dječja i omladinska izdanja. U petnaest godina uredničkoga rada pokrenuo je i sustavno uređivao čak trinaest nakladničkih nizova za djecu i mladež, što je dosad bila nepoznata činjenica, koja je nedvojbeno upućivala na Vitezovu veliku ulogu kao urednika u razvoju hrvatske, odnosno onodobne jugoslavenske, dječje književnosti.
Također, dosad je stala nepoznata i njihova bibliografija i detaljan uređivački profil. Uz prvi put proučenu bogatu Vitezovu ostavštinu, navedeno predstavlja središnji interes ovoga rada, kao i iznimno slojevit Vitezov utjecaj i ulogu na tadašnju jugoslavensku dječju književno-kulturnu scenu.In literary-theoretical circles Grigor Vitez (1911-1966) is primarily known and recognized as a great poet for children and a pioneer of contemporary Croatian children's poetry in which he inaugurated increasingly important phenomena that characterize the genre today. Complete Vitez's professional activity so far has been insufficiently considered and researched, so his extensive editorial work on a number of publishing series for children and youth stayed outside serious reception.
From 1951 until the end of his life (1966) Vitez was employed in the Novo pokoljenje publishing company, which was shortly after his employment renamed in Mladost, where he was the editor in chief for children's and youth editions. In fifteen years of his editorial work he launched and systematically edited thirteen publishing series for children and adolescents, which has been an unknown fact so far. This undoubtedly indicated that Vitez had a major role as an editor in the development of the Croatian, and at that time the Yugoslav children's literature.
The aim of this paper was to determine for the first time the exact number, names and the bibliography of all publishing series of which Vitez was the initiator, the founder and/or editor and to present for the first time their editorial profile through technical and poetic analysis and statistical processing of titles
