This paper will elaborate on the children's literature authored by Viktor Car Emin. The purpose of this paper is to present Car's children's literature to broad audience due to the fact that is has not yet been properly elaborated. In order to understand Car's literature in a proper way, his biography is presented in the first part of this paper. Events that have marked the history of Car's homeland Istria have largely determined the course of his works. In the following, second part the paper deals with the analysis and interpretation of his works that are available in the periodicals and books. The analysis shows that Car's literature for children was largely a product of the political situation in Istria at the begining of the 20th century. With this in mind, we conclude that his literature for children with national identity motives is not entirely appropriate for children. On the other hand, jokes, plays, certain novels, stories about animals and events of that time are appropriate for children. Considering the themes and motifs used, we can conclude that most of Car’s works is still relevant today which is why we cannot call his literature anachronistic.