Picture Books by Silvija Šesto

Postoje različite definicije slikovnica, a često se pri definiranju slikovnica navodi da je to prva knjiga s kojom s kojom dijete dolazi u doticaj tijekom svoga odrastanja. U ovome su radu analizirane slikovnice Silvije Šesto, koja je poznata i nagrađivana hrvatska autorica koja piše za djecu i odrasle. Možemo ju nazvati suvremenom spisateljicom u punom smislu riječi jer se bavi temama i problematikama s kojima smo svakodnevno okruženi. Odabirom slikovnica najveća pažnja usmjerit će se na aktualne svakodnevne i problemske teme koje obuhvaćaju osobne ličnosti i ponašanja kao što su: sebičnost, neposlušnost, znatiželja, marljivost, na probleme vezane uz emocije kojima pripadaju strah od sredine, usamljenost, strah od loše ocjene i također na aktualne teme o zdravoj prehrani. Na odabranom korpusu možemo uočiti da nam Silvija Šesto poručuje da se tijekom života susrećemo s raznim problemima i nevoljama, ali da ipak na kraju uvijek sve pozitivno završi. Šesto nas u slikovnicama upozorava da s djecom trebamo biti oprezni, pomoći im u trenutku kada im je pomoć potrebna i dati im doznanja da nemaju samo oni probleme, opasnosti, nevolje, loše dane, nego da ih imamo svi.There are different definitions of picture books and often when defining picture books it is stated that it is the first book with which a child comes into contact during growing up. This paper analyzes the picture books of Silvija Šesto, who is a well-known and award-winning Croatian author who writes for children and adults. We can call her a contemporary writer in the full sense of the word because she deals with topics and issues that we are surrounded by every day. By choosing picture books, the greatest attention will be focused on current everyday and problematic topics that include personal personalities and behaviors such as: selfishness, disobedience, curiosity, diligence, on problems related to emotions, which include fear of the environment, loneliness, fear of a bad grades and also on current topics about healthy eating. From the selected corpus, we can see that Silvija Šesto tells us that during our life we encounter various problems and troubles, but that in the end everything always ends positively. The authour of the picture books warns us that we should be careful with children, help them when they need help and let them know that they are not the only ones with problems, dangers, troubles, bad days, but that we all have them