HRVATSKE PROBLEMSKE SLIKOVNICE U FUNKCIJI PREPOZNAVANJA I SUOČAVANJA DJECE S EMOCIJAMA
CROATIAN PROBLEM PICTURE BOOKS IN THE FUNCTION OF RECOGNIZING AND CONFRONTING CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONS

Author(s): Kristina Riman, Tamara Di Giorgi
Subject(s): Applied Linguistics, Preschool education, Educational Psychology
Published by: UNIVERZITET U SARAJEVU – PEDAGOŠKI FAKULTET
Keywords: emotions; Croatian problem picture book; reading; family;
Summary/Abstract: Picture books as the first children's books can be used in various aspects of children's growing up and development. Reading picture books creates a positive family atmosphere, strengthens the connection between parents and children, and develops a child's love for books, develops imagination and strengthens the concentration. Picture books often correspond to the needs of children and teachers in preschool education, and in this sense, problem picture books stand out. They include topics about interpersonal relationships in the family and society, and their focus is on the child. Every picture book often requires an adult reader, and in many cases, problem picture books can help adults to communicate with children on topics that seem difficult for any reason. The contemporary problem picture book opens a multitude of life themes for children and adults, which include experiences in the family, kindergarten, school and other aspects of everyday life. Examples of such picture books are the Croatian problem picture books by Tatjana Gjurković and Tee Knežević. They were published in five different series and speak of happiness, sadness, fear, anger, guilt, shame, humiliation and disappointment. They are analyzed with regard to the subject, motives and dominant emotion that is considered in each picture book. The characteristics of individual emotions and instructions on how to approach a child who is facing such emotions are listed in addition to the demonstration of different series of picture books.

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