The graduate diploma thesis presents bioethical motifs in the fairy tale The White Deer by Vladimir Nazor and the children's adventure novel The Society of Pero Kvržica by Mate Lovrak. The aim of this paper is to investigate the elements in which bioethical motives appear in these works, which are also reading material in primary schools. Some of the selected elements are: nature, animals, life, death, fear, friendship... These elements are highlighted by quoting parts from books. The paper also lists the biographies of the writers, a couple of notes on the origin of the work, also what led the authors to write and a brief summary of these works. In addition, this paper presents the definition of reading and the criteria for its selection. The paper also deals with the concept of bioethics and its impact on students who have been able to understand the importance of the primary attitude towards nature and life since primary school. Bioethics, as a discipline that also has an educational role, can reach children through literature and develop bioethical thinking in them. While writing the paper author of the work comes to the conclusion that bioethics recognizes the need to develop responsible thinking and action towards nature and towards life. Therefore, it is useful as a component in reading material that students will encounter during their education and have to some extent affect their development, appropriate and thoughtful treatment of nature, life and all living things.