The topic of this graduate thesis is folk fairy tales in contemporary painting. The paper covers the analysis of contemporary editions of Croatian folk tales in the form of picture books. The folk fairy tales made by Maja Bošković-Stulli in Narodne pripovijetke in 1963, published as a picture book in the edition of Ethno story (2006), whose texts were revelated by contemporary Croatian writer Sanja Lovrenčić and illustrated by several contemporary Croatian illustrators. Editorial paintings Ethno story are characterized by the postmodern features of Croatian children's literature. Her picture books are written in Croatian standard language, they have clearly defined time and place, and most characters are personalized animals. Each picture book has a humorous content and happy ending. Ethnographic stories in editions of the Ethno story are intended to children of preschool age and children of early school age. There is no violence in them, the events are happy and humorous. Each illustration was illustrated by another artist recognizable in his own style. The illustrators have succeeded in creating a picture, and the young reader can imagine scenography, ambience and human emotion. In the picture books of Sanja Lovrenčić, ilustrations and text are mostly supplemented, and some illustrations are also provided with inscriptions that further explain the event. The author Sanja Lovrenčić managed to elaborate in her own, contemporary way to create new stories and to bring young children closer to the fairytale pictures that are part of the folk heritage.