The final paper includes the biography of Zvonimir Balog with an emphasis on his numerous literary and arts work. He is the most rewarded Croatian children's writer. In the paper the poems from his collections Nevidljiva Iva (The Invisible Iva) and Zlatna nit (The Golden Thread) with the childhood motifs have been analysed. The analysis has been proceeded by the interpretation of the selected poems with motifs of various occupations from the collections Pjesme sa šlagom ili šumar ima šumu na dlanu (Poems with Cream or the Forest Ranger holds the Forest in his Palm) and Sto najzanimanja: što ću biti kad odrastem (One Hundred Best Occupations: What will I Be when I Grow up). The poems with religious motifs from the collection Pusa od krampusa (The Bogeyman's Kiss) have been elaborated as well as the poems with love motifs from the collection Ljubav za početnike (Love for Beginners). The paper puts the expression onto humour, wittiness and playfulness of Balog's poetry. The selected poems have been observed in relation to the ability of children's reception.