The theme of this thesis is „Children literature especially play, drama, performing arts as well as creativity of author and puppeteer. Play is literary sort which can be defined as a game of speaking. The reason why it is so close to children is exactly its play function. Plays of Jadranka Čunčić – Bandov are short, rhythmic, funny and because of that they are interesting to children of preschool age. They are simple and it is possible to dramatize them. Play is meant to be performed at the stage, and the author contributed a lot to childrens literature with her plays which have almost all gone through scenography realization, especially to play as not so familiar childrens literary genre. It can be said that this author is not a famous writer and her work are not explored enough. In this thesis it is highlighted the worth of performing art as well as childrens literature in educating proces. It represents the plays of Jadranka Čunčić – Bandov as well as research of drama activities, her creativity and play. We can conclude that her work are not explored enough as they should be. Educators of preschool children should have research more about quality books for children of preschool age, such as those of Jadranka Čunčić – Bandov.