There are some studies at boUI. the undergraduate and graduate levels of studyrnof Addis Ababa University that are conducted in the area of children's literaturernin Ethiopia. Most of them studied children's literature as a his torical footnote orrnas bibliographical curiosities and others attempted a psychological analysis ofrnchildren's books basing on a psychology of a child reader and types analys isrncategorizing children's literature under Humor, fantasy and adventure but nonernof them dealt with a matter of literary values in Ethiopian children's literature.rnThe major goal of this study is to examine the literary qualities of the fictionalrnworks of children. To achieve this goal, an attempt was made to critically analyzernten works of Alem Eshetu and Tesfaye G/ Mariam.rnThe study has five chapters. The first chapter intends to show why and how thernstudy is conducted. The second chapter illuminates the case of children literaturernin Ethiopia giving a general background and this chapter is also concerned withrnreviewing of literature and critical works conducted in the area of children'srnliterature in Ethiopia. Chapter three is wholly devoted to analytical discussion ofrnthe selected works with reference to the literary elements and types of children'srnliterature. The fourth chapter is a comparative analysis of the findings. Thernconclusion part provides a summary by way of recommendation.rnThe study shows that the books have no recognizable literary quality, they arernnot written in an engaging both in content and style, their imaginative quality isrnpoor, they gave first hand to instruction not for the aesthetic pleasures the child isrnsupposed to get from the books.