Hans Christian Andersen is one of the most famous children's writers of the 19th century. His stories are not just intended for children, but adults as well. The stories of Hans Christian Andersen have had numerous interpretations and are often published as picture books. In this study will be analyzed the picture books with Andersen's stories such as: Snow Queen, The Little Match Girl, Ugly Duckling, Little Mermaid and The Princess and the Pea. Illustrations in picture books are illustrated by Croatian illustrators such as Marsela Hajdinjak, Ella Svilan Svalina, Nevenka Macolić, Svjetlan Junaković and others. By analyzing selected picture books the aim is to determine their suitability for children of early and preschool age. The analysis is based on the following criteria such as relation between the illustrations and texts, the characteristic of illustrations and the appropriateness of the picture books for children of early and preschool age. These criteria were written by the authors: Čačko (2000), Roller-Halačev (1971), Kos-Paliska (1997), Hlevnjak (2000), Balić-Šimrak and Narančić Kovač (2011). Most of the analyzed picture books are more appropriate for children in elementary school because of small letters, long text and a small number of illustrations. For children of early and preschool age there are recommend picture books with Hans Christian Andersen's stories illustrated by the foreign illustrators because they have fewer texts, larger letters and more illustrations.