Motive of love in songs for children

U radu je navedena definicija dječje književnosti, njezine značajke i podjela na književne vrste, a poseban naglasak stavljen je na dječju poeziju, odnosno motive ljubavi u pjesmama za djecu. U nastavku se govori o važnosti i prednosti čitanja i općenito o važnosti dječje književnosti i poezije u djece rane i predškolske dobi, o emocijama i načinu njihova doživljavanja. Posebna se pozornost pridaje motivu ljubavi i ukazuje se na koje je sve načine povezana s djecom i kako je oni upoznaju i doživljavaju. Istaknuti su pjesnici koji u svojem pjesništvu za djecu pišu o ljubavi, a to su Stjepan Jakševac, Mladen Kušec, Zvonimir Balog, Vesna Parun i Dragutin Tadijanović.The final paper presents the definition of children's literature, its features and division into literary genres, and special emphasis is placed on children's poetry, the motives of love in children's songs. Below we talk about the importance and benefits of reading and in general about the importance of children's literature and poetry in children of early and preschool age, about emotions and the way they experience them. Furthermore, love and its definition are mentioned, in what ways it is connected to children and how they get to know and experience it. In addition to love motives, they are also mentioned as the most common and common to almost all children's poets. Several poets are shown: Stjepan Jakševac, Mladen Kušac, Zvonimir Balog, Vesna Parun and Dragutin Tadijanovi