Publishing books for children and young people is a special publishing sector. First and foremost, we associate picture books with the term children's books. Picture books are the first books that children encounter. For this reason, they play a significant role in the process of growing up. The focus of the thesis entitled "Educational picture books; comparison of croatian and foreign editions ”will be, as the title says, on educational picture books. This specific type of picture book contains instructive stories about plants, animals, human emotions, activities, the body, and patterns of behavior. Such content helps children learn about the environment and overcome the first problem challenges. Educational picture books can be used by parents and all other participants in the educational process, which certainly includes librarians, in their work with children. The introductory part of the paper brings a short history of the development of the picture book in Croatia and in the world and the definition of an educational picture book. The central part of the paper is dedicated to the comparison of selected copies of editions of our and foreign educational picture books. An important addition to the central part of this thesis are interviews with Croatian and foreign publishers of educational picture books, such as Naklada Evenio and Lantana Publishing. The conclusion contains a synthesis of everything written.