The topic of the paper is comparison of printed and digital picture books for preschool children. It was created in the Year of Reading in Croatia, and resulted in the publication of digital and printed picture books Uskočka svijeća. While working with preschool children, we meet some new generations of children and parents living in a world where technology is advancing rapidly, so we must adapt educational content, cooperation with parents and communication accordingly. On the market we find more and more so-called multimedia picture books or electronic picture books. Such picture books provide completely new and interesting opportunities for the adoption of the presented content, so their applications should be given the opportunity in educational work. The theoretical part of the paper refers to the division and function of the picture book, and the design of digital and printed copies of the picture book Uskočka svijeća. In this part of the paper, the technologies and the process of making the picture book are described, and the children from the Sveti Roko kindergarten also participated in the process. The empirical part of the paper refers to the research of which form of picture book is preferred by preschool children and their parents, it deals with the comparison of made picture books. The research was proven in the kindergarten Sveti Roko on Klis in one educational group.