Educational Messages in Sevim Ak's Stories

Today, in parallel with the importance given to children and education, the works in children's literature have increased in number. One of the contributors to this field is Sevim Ak. The main aim of this study is to examine the stories of Sevim Ak in terms of educational messages. The materials analyzed in the study consist of 11 Sevim Ak children's storybooks published by the publisher Can Yayınları. The data were acquired through document review. In data analysis, content analysis method was used. As attention was paid to the educational aspect of the messages in the children's books, the categories were organized according to children's developmental periods. In stories, the frequency of the messages about the emotions and their expressions were in the first place (%33,03). After that, in a total of 218 messages, there were messages about moral values (%22,48), cognitive development (%22,02), social progress (%12,84), self-care abilities (%6,88), and physical appearance (%2,75) respectively. Considering the educational messages of the author and their frequency, the method of communicating those messages to the reader, and the language used, it can be concluded that the books used in the study are worthy of recommendation to children