In this master’s thesis, the characteristics of the literary circle of the region Podravina recognized through the theme of the native area, the native speech of Podravina, motives and characters typical for Podravina as a region of Croatian literature are analysed on a selected corpus of literary works from children's literature. The introductory part of the thesis positions Podravina geographically, shortly explains the history and talks about the linguistic features. The syntagm of nativeness in children's literature is being contemplated by acknowledging the fact about the space that determines literary poetics. Starting from the criteria of thematizing the area of Podravina, through the use of the native language idioms in literary works and finally acknowledging the fact of the writer’s origin from Podravina, a genre-diverse literary corpus was selected that includes the literary-theoretical interpretation of the native Podravina fairy tales, legends, picture books, poetry, short stories and novels. Emphasis is placed on language analysis, literary space, characters and cultural features embedded in the literary narrative with a goal of nurturing the identity of Podravina and love for this region among the youngest readers.