Özet:

In this study, the perceptions of pre-school teacher candidates about child literature and picturesque children's books were studied through metaphors. The research took a child literature course and participated 55 teachers candidates who studied in the 2nd grade of the pre-school maternity department. At the end of the period they took the lesson of children's literature, students were asked to produce metafores and explain their reasons on the concepts of children's literature, story, painted children's book, printed story book and electronic story book on the forms distributed. The results are presented in tables for each concept. While the largest number of conceptual categories are created for children’s literature,a small number of categories are created about painted children’s books. Teacher candidates have highlighted the durability and touchability characteristics of books printed through metaphors, and the characteristics of electronic books are interesting and touching to multiple senses. While this study is important for the presentation of first identifying findings that study the understanding of pre-school teachers’ candidates about children’s literature and painted children’s books, it also appears that the literature requires different studies that cover teachers, teachers’ candidates and families.

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