The final thesis interprets a selected genre-diverse oeuvre of Croatian children's literature that focuses on Zagreb and its surroundings as a native literary space, realized in the standard language and to a lesser extent in the dialect. In the introductory part of the paper, the spatial, historical and geographical contextualization of Zagreb and significant localities that are thematized in children's literature is presented, and the concept of nativeness in children's literature is explained. The literary-theoretical interpretation includes local picture books, legends and traditions about the origin of Zagreb, local stories about Zagreb, a selection from children's local poetry and novels that focus on Zagreb. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of the native space, which is crucial in the identification of literary characters and the conceptual potential of the work, putting in the foreground the need to preserve the native cultural and natural heritage, tradition, history, culture and speech with the aim of preserving them among children's readers.