In the following graduate thesis, is thoroughly presented the literary work of Gianni Rodari, putting the accent on the topic of friendship in his political literary works and storytelling. Giovanni Francesco Rodari is the most famous and biggest writer in the Italian literature, when we talk about the children’s literature. In his literary works, this author uses realistic characters, places of events and objects and turns them into something unrealistic and fantastic. Considering that he was a teacher in elementary and high schools for thirty years, his literary works are educative, in the first place. In the first part of the thesis is represented the development of the children’s literature worldwide, from the beginning of the nine hundred, then finishing with Rodari, with the simple reason to understand how he changed the vision of the mass of the literature among the young people and children. In the second part, you can see the vision of the author on the literary production and poetry. The idea is to explain what kind of message he sends to the authors. In the third part of the thesis, we can see what kind of influence Rodaris work has on children and how he teaches them about the values of friendship and about social relations in his literary works: Filastrocche in cielo e in terra (Nursery Rhymes in the Sky and on Earth), Favole al telefono (Telephone tales) and Favole dell'amicizia (Tales of friendship). Gianni Rodari is one original and ironic author and he was able to educate and make children enjoy the literature. Considering that he was famous not only in Italy but wider, he became the role model for the following writers, when we talk about children’s literature.