Intertextuality (relationship between literary texts where it is necessary to be familiar with one text in order to understand the other) is a stylistic procedure which marked contemporary children's literature and is significantly represented in all literary forms in the frames of Croatian contemporary children's literature. Literary corpus which is to be analyzed and literarly interpreted will include individual literary works (created in the 1970s) of the following children's authors: Zvonimir Balog, Pajo Kanižaj, Luko Paljetak, Hrvoje Hitrec, Anto Gardaš, Truda Stamać, Enes Kišević, Ema and Zoran Pongrašić, Ivanka Borovac, Snježana Grković-Janović, Željka Horvat-Vukelja. These authors represent the procedure of intertextuality as defined by literary theoriticians Pavao Pavličić and Dubravka Oraić-Tolić. The procedure of intertextuality in Croatian contemporary children's literature significantly contributed to better reception of classical stories. Children's authors, by using the procedure of intertextuality, present classical motives in new contexts which are adapted to children's daily life and bring classical stories closer to the contemporary child.