This article focuses on a detailed review of philosophical literary stories which represent specific area
of the Philosophy for children programme primarily aimed at independent thinking development
in education process. The benefits of the programme are characterised within the theoretical basis
on the level of critical, creative and caring thinking. The philosophical literary story is a part of
fiction. It covers philosophical categories, but it is characterised with simplicity in its theme, as
well as content and language part. The role of this type of text lies mainly in motivation toward
consequent philosophical discussion in a group called community of inquiry. Through the literary
text interpretation method, we demonstrate presence and interconnection among critical thinking
categories. At the same time, we discuss the subject type of texts as a specific model for critical
thinking level development.