A child is a little person who has imagination and freedom. (Aleksandra Bogdanić, 9 years old)

A child is a tiny, little, beautiful being. (Petar Milić, 10 years old)

A child is not a grown-up yet, but he/she is treated as though it is. (Gavrilo Burković, 9 years old)

A child is a symbol of love. (Dušan Vuković, 9 years old)

A child is born to learn. (Bane Djorić, 8 years old)

A child is a grandson. (Sofija Đorđević, 7 years old)

A child is a little man who does not understand anything. (Filip Ilić, 10 years old)

A child is someone who learns and works, so he/she could grow up and achieve many things. (Ana Jaćimović, 10 years old)

There is no life without children because only they know how to make you happy. (Nina Matejić, 10 years old)

A child is when you are little and cry, and you make somebody buy you something. (Dušan Stošić, 9 years old)

Europe is quite a large country. (Milena Arsić, 8 years old)

Europe is countries where we spend our summer or winter holidays or we just go on vacation. (Miona Đoković, 9 years)

Europe is crowded because of its people. (Anđela Milovanović, 10 years old)

We are Europe. (Katarina Spasojević, 8 years old)

Europe is a way towards a better life. (Antigona Krasnići, 8 years old)

Europe is a beautiful life in a beautiful city. (Marković Aleksandra, 10 years old)

I link Europe with politicians who always debate over it. (Marko Biblija, 9 years old)

Europe is a world that is huge and full of people and wonders. (Tijana Veljković, 9 years old)

Europe is my city. (Ivona Nikolić, 8 years old)

Europe is a small part of the world. (Teodora Vujović, 9 years old)

Europe is a land of the United Countries. (Sara Milatović, 9 years old)

Bread is a long and round pie that can be cut in half. (Dimitrije Racić, 8 years old)

Bread is joy of a full belly. (Đorđe Tršić, 10 years old)

Bread is something that has to be eaten and that is given to poor children. (Jovana Stojanović, 10 years old)

I don't like bread because I was plump when I ate it. I am not fond of it. (Galja Đorđević, 8 years old)

Bread means "to be full". (Aleksandra Mitrović, 8 years old)

Bread should not be thrown on the floor. (Nikola Živković, 8 years old)

You have a better memory if you eat it. (Luka Aksentijević, 8 years old)

You eat bread every day when you have lunch. (Mina Đorđević, 8 years old)

I associate bread with something dry. (Jelisaveta Šuković, 9 years old)

Bread is for eating. It is very healthy. It is nice when you look at it. (Lazar Vulović, 7 years old)

Bread is only food, but it is valuable. (Lazar Milovanović, 9 years old)

Is there enough bread for all the children in the world? (Ognjen Miladinović, 9 years old)

There are numerous games, both parlour and life. (Tijana Veljković, 9 years old)

We need play to be happy. (Mina Stepanović, 10 years old)

If there were no play, all the children would be lonely. (Milica Slavković, 9 years old)

Games are invented true stories that children enjoy. (Aleksandra Bogdanić, 9 years old)

Play is a pastime for children, and sometimes for adults too. (Marija Kostić, 10 years old)

Play is the greatest kiddie pleasure. (Miona Marković, 8 years old)

Play puts a smile on everyone's face. (Ana Stošić, 11 years old)

Play is the most beautiful part of life. (Nevena Jakovljević, 9 years old)

A book is an assistant of knowledge. (Anja Petrović, 7 years old)

A book serves for curiosity. (David Živković, 10 years old)

A book is the first step into fantasy. (Simona Štulović, 8 years old)

Our head grows with a book. (Jelena Maksimović, 8 years old)

You become clever thanks to a book. (Dušan Lazarević, 8 years old)

If you read books, you can experience things that in real life you can't. (Ognjen Miladinović, 9 years old)

Love is red. (Uroš Lazarević, 8 years old)

Love is when you love somebody and feels his warm heart. (Ivana Tanasijević, 10 years old)

Love is something that life bonds. (Anica Tomašević, 10 years old)

Love is happiness in the soul and in the heart. (Ljubica Kocić, 10 years old)

Love is when someone falls in love or when my mother kisses me. (Mina Đorđević, 8 years old)

Love is fearless. (Đorđe Dimić, 10 years old)

Love is a heart pierced by an arrow. (Aleksandar Koraćević, 9 years old)

Love is when my mother and father love each other. (Todor Arsić, 7 years old)

Love is when you and your boyfriend love each other. (Radmila Zdravković, 8 years old)

My mom is there to teach me, take care of me and feed me. (Mladen Jovanović, 8 years old)

My mom is like a master. I do whatever she asks me to. (Stanojev Stefan, 8 years old)

My mom is good, well-bred, beautiful and obedient. (Mina Đorđević, 8 years old)

Moms are not ordinary women - they give love to their children, and the children give them their love in return. (Mina Radojević, 10 years old)

A mom - she loves me. (Marko Radosavljević, 7 years old)

I link a mom with mathematics. (Tamara Mirčić, 9 years old)

A mom makes lunch. (Nikola Slavković, 8 years old)

A mom is someone whom I need all the time. (Miloš Ljubisavljević, 10 years old)

A mom is busy as a bee. She is extremely good. (Jovana Krečar, 8 years old)

Peace is great news. (Kristina Jovanović, 8 years old)

Peace means "no more jumping". (Milan Bekić, 8 years old)

Peace is the sky without airplanes. (Nataša Gajić, 10 years old)

Peace is a quality that can be lost. (Tijana Veljković, 9 years old)

Peace helps us to be good. (Sara Milatović, 9 years old)

Peace is when everybody lives happily ever after. (Milica Arsenijević, 11 years old)

Peace is when everything is all right. (Ivan Rakonjac, 10 years old)

It would be nice when someone could order peace in the world. (Ognjen Miladinović, 9 years old)

Peace is when everybody gets along well. (Marija Kostić, 10 years old)

I think peace is when I have to stop doing something. (Ivona Nikolić, 8 years old)

Peace reminds me of a union of two kingdoms. (Stanojev Stefan, 8 years old)

A dad is a mom's husband. (Ivona Banković, 7 years old)

My dad tells me that he loves me more than anything in the world and that I am his princess. (Galja Đorđević, 8 years old)

A dad is the first man I see. (Petar Dunkić, 9 years old)

A dad is a handyman for problems. (Mina Jovićević, 9 years old)

A dad is a strong man. (Nenad Todorović, 9 years old)

A dad is my parent who doesn't beat me like other dads. (Gavrilo Burković, 9 years old)

My dad gave my mom the greatest gift in the world - Me. (Ivana Tanasijević, 10 years old)

My dad always defends me from my mom's loud cries when I am naughty. (Milica Mišović, 10 years old)

Dads know how to explain things we don't understand. (Nina Matejić, 10 years old)

A song is the man's events and feelings. (Tijana Veljković, 9 years old)

A song is a rhythm we can dance to. (Nevena Katić, 10 years old)

A song is a group of verses that you know by heart and that you tell when you are in a good mood. (Miloš Dašić, 10 years old)

A song is children's imagination. (Nena Aksentijević, 9 years old)

A song is something we listen to and rejoice in. (Mina Đorđević, 8 years old)

A song is a common language for all the children in the world. (David Živković, 10 years old)

A song is a sung story. (Slobodan Ilić, 8 years old)

A song is a poet's feeling. (Ivana G.)

A song is sung to little children before their go to bed. (Boris Radovanović, 8 years old)

A song is something that makes adults and children loosen up. (Sara Milatović, 9 years old)

A song can be heard very far. (Stefana Madžarević, 7 years old)

A friend is a person for sharing secrets and feelings with and not only for borrowing an eraser or a pen from. (Mirjana Stefanović, 10 years old)

A friend is a person who helps you in need and on a test. (Ana Jaćimović, 10 years old)

One should have a friend in order not to be alone. (Ivana Matić, 10 years old)

A friend is a person who you have the greatest fun with. (Marko Cvetković, 9 years old)

A friend is a neighbour. (Sofija Đorđević, 7 years old)

When someone is your friend, then it's very nice. (Luka Aksentijević, 8 years old)

A friend is tenderness. (Ivana Mijajlović, 8 years old)

A bird means "going into the world".(Simona Štulović, 8 years old)

A bird is a wide open space. (Danilo Božović, 8 years old)

A bird is feathery. (Jovana Krečar, 8 years old)

A bird can fly and stand in a tree. (Dimitrije Racić, 8 years old)

A bird always chirrups with other birds. (Slađa Vukićević, 9 years old)

A bird flies high above the ground. (Jelena Jovanović, 8 years old)

Joy is when you wish for something and then you get it. (Anđela Čakarević, 7 years old)

Joy is when you are happy, so you can share it with others. (Bogdan Bubanja, 10 years old)

Joy is when someone we love comes to visit us. (Mina Gosić, 10 years old)

Joy brings laughter into our body. (Ljubica Kocić, 10 years old)

I can't always be sad. Rejoicing is the most beautiful thing. (Marija Strahinjić, 10 years old)

When you are happy, then you are in mood for everything. (Aleksa Veličković, 8 years old)

Joy is when all the children from Europe get together at a concert known as "Joy of Europe". (Miloš Dašić, 10 years old)

Freedom is something you can't give to one, or any other, poor animal in the zoo. (Gavrilo Burković, 9 years old)

Freedom is when you do what you want without disturbing others. (Ognjen Miladinović, 9 years old)

I would like to be free and to have things my way. (Jana Miletić, 8 years old)

Freedom - that's outside. (Rastko Tomašević, 7 years old)

Freedom reminds me of endless play. (Stefan Stanojev, 8 years old)

Freedom is when we are not ashamed to tell what we feel and think. (Ana Milošković, 9 years old)

Freedom is when someone does not push you around or make you do things when you can't. On the contrary, only when you can. (Ana Jaćimović, 10 years old)

I love freedom, because when I am free, I go to see my dad. (Luna Lazarević, 8 years old)

Freedom is a long recess for me. (Milica Rakić, 8 years old)

War ended, over with famine. (Daša Ignjatović, 9 years old)

Freedom - those are my rights. (Sara Anđelić, 10 years old)

When I see the sun, I think of an egg yolk. (Bane Đorić, 8 years old)

The sun is a nickname of a person we love. (Janko M, 10 years old)

There are some people who are as warm as the great sun up in the sky. (Sofija Jevtić, 10 years old)

The sun is someone who warms people after rain and who always smiles. (Aleksandra Bogdanić, 9 years old)

The sun guards the day. (Aleksandar Koraćević, 9 years old)

The sun illuminates the earth; it does that with good intentions. (Aleksandra Jovanović, 9 years old)

The sun always warms me up. It sometimes shines on me as well. (Nevena Banković, 8 years old)

When the sun shines, I think of shorts. (Ivona Nikolić, 8 years old)

As a child moves his/her legs, so the sun spreads its rays. (Ljubica Kocić, 10 years old)

On the occasion of the first European Children's Gathering (1969), the poet Duško Radović compiled Dictionary of Friendship by selecting 15 "most beautiful" words for children: Bird, Book, Bread, Child, Dad, Europe, Freedom, Friend, Game, Joy, Love, Mum, Peace, Song, Sun.

During the action "Dictionary of Friendship" (2004/05), organised by Children's Cultural Centre Belgrade", the children from Elementary School "Radoje Domanović" Kragujevac, were asked to define these terms. A number of their opinions and comments are included in this dictionary.