A good and quality picture book is one of the key elements for a healthy child's development. Therefore, the purpose of this final work is to explain in more detail the structure of the picture book, as well as their way of creation. Creating this final work is another way of emphasizing the importance of illustration and text, as well as their interrelationship. One of the criteria for writing this paper is the emphasis on the importance of selecting quality pictures from seemingly high quality. Teach that picture books have five different functions that affect children. The work is written as a cross section of the story and the influence of the picture book through history, from its appearance in the seventeenth century to the present and modern times, with a review of the most important persons responsible for the appearance and development of picture books. Some chapters elaborate and study the way of creating images and portraits, and how they can help children. Also, there are also tactile picture books that are used in the case of blind or blind persons. There are different approaches to making illustrations. There are also examples of picturebooks suitable for a particular age of children, from the youngest to the pre-school children. In the survey conducted at the Little Prince, Zagreb children's gallery, the most commonly used picture books are used in each age group.