This thesis is the result of studying the problematic picture books of the author from Osijek, Dubravka Pađen Farkaš. The aim of this study is to interpret the author’s five picture books and to notice and analyze the problems faced by the characters in picture books. There were analyzed the following picture books: Mala zvijezda (2001.), Gospodin Otto i stari naslonjači (2010.), Nije me strah (2011.), Djevojčica i ptica (2013.) and Tajna (2015.). The paper also provides a brief theoretical review of picture books as a literary type, a biography of the author, and a review of her collaboration with an illustrator Dražen Jerabek. This thesis investigates how the author Dubravka Pađen Farkaš sees and describes the children’s everyday problems. The author uses a simple style of writing to talk about divorce, fears and family relationships. She, in a child’s adapted way, talks about very important life topics. The picture books of this author are extremely educational and they act on children therapeutically. Since these picture books talk about children’s everyday problems, they will help children to accept problems and to face with them. The author through interesting stories and characters tries to emphasize that problems should not be kept in silence and that any problem can be solved.