The legacy of Ivana Brlić Mažuranić, one of the biggest most prominent figures among Croatia’s historical literature and children’s writers, is one of essential importance for the Croatian language school curriculum to date. The children meet Ivana as early as third grade primary school through her book “Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića”, followed by a collection of stories “Priče iz davnine” in fouth grade. As prescribed by the school’s curriculum in primary education, the chosen literary pieces by Ivana Brlić Mažuranić offer a wide range of possibilities for the teacher to indulge in interpretation and meanings of her stories. In this thesis I display some of those possibilities. Contemporary teaching of literature is impossible without interaction and communication between students and the artwork itself. In the center of the whole teaching process is the competent teacher himself, who supports the student in creative lingual expression and welcomes an open approach to the specific piece of literature. By combining different methodical approaches, the teacher can come up with a creative and high-quality class for the students to explore the artwork itself.