 In 1860, with the help of , Akelaitis published five works in Lithuanian (in total, 26,000 copies) as the first works of the planned folk library series.It was a Lithuanian (Western Aukštaitian dialect) primer, two prayer books, and two reworkings of short didactic stories by , "Kwestorius po Lietuwą ważinedamas żmonis bemokinąsis" (Quaestor, Traveling Across Lithuania, Teaches People) and "Jonas Iszmisłoczius kromininkas" (Shopkeeper John the Wise), which in turn was a reworking of a French story by and was already published in Lithuanian in 1823.These stories provided some educational facts from geography, history, natural sciences and promoted teetotalism.