Abstract:

İn childhood; the most effective stimulus in the processes of listening, reading, writing, thinking and acquiring a critical culture; are children’s books that have language, literature, art and aesthetic value (Şirin, 2007a, p.30). According to Sever (2019a, p.19), one of the most basic functions of children’s literature is to ‘’gaining a love and habit of reading’’ in children. From this point of view, it can be said that qualified children’s books are very important in gaining the love and habit of reading. So much so that every child should encounter a book/establish a bond. However, not every child should encounter every book, but qualified children’s literature products. In this respect, the principles of children’s literature should be taken into account in the determination of qualified children’s literature products. In this direction, the main purpose of this study is to analyze the children’s novel of Behiç Ak, one of our contemporary children’s literature writers, named ‘’Yaşasın Ç Harfi Kardeşliği!’’, according to the principles of children’s literature. The study is important because it is a comprehensive study among the studies that deal with the principles of children’s literature in Behiç Ak’s children’s novel ‘’Yaşasın Ç Harfi Kardeşliği!’’. This study is a descriptive research in the nature of screening, one of the qualitative research methods. In the analysis of the research data, descriptive analysis, one of the qualitative data analysis methods, was used. Document analysis, one of the qualitative data collection tools, was used in the study. As a result of the research, it has been determined that apart from a few issues in the work, the work is in accordance with the principles of children’s literature and the work is among the qualified products that should be benefited from in terms of children’s literature. In line with the findings, some suggestions were made.

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