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This study aims to determine the opinions, knowledge levels and internship practices of pre-school teachers candidates about picturesque story books. This study, which is a qualitative study in which the interview technique is used, included 40 last-class pre-school teachers candidates who took children's literature and teaching practice courses. In the study, a conversation form consisting of 15 questions was used as a data collection tool. In the process of data collection, a semi-configured conversation with 40 participants was conducted. Research findings show that teaching candidates do not have sufficient knowledge about picturesque story books. Participants were especially compelled to present a book recommendation and to explain the formal characteristics that books should have. The conclusion is that the books are more informed about the content characteristics than the formal characteristics. The practice has seen that they prefer to tell the stories they find through the internet rather than to read the books. It has been determined that they pay most attention to sound tones in book reading or story-telling applications, but the events are generally distant from the interactive book reading practice. From these findings, it is recommended that teachers' candidates be introduced to more books and that children's literature courses are practical and processed through book examples, and that methods such as interactive book reading are included in the practice.