A research on children's books and parents relevant behavior

Some characteristics of children's books are very important for their development. A carefully selected book captures the curiosity of the child, it improves his linguistic, esthetical and emotional satisfaction. Especially for eightyear old children, books are very important, because at that age they can easily read and they want to improve their reading ability. They put themselves in place of the heroes of the books they read, and try to imitate them. They can buy books with their pocket money or they can lend their books to their friends or they can use children's libraries. Up to eight years of age, children expect the intense care of people around them and they evaluate their behavior.. Especially at this age they take their parents as models for their future life. Therefore parents who admit the importance of reading can be ideal models to their children if they also have enough knowledge of children's books. At this study, with the hyphothesis that most of the parents do not have sufficient knowledge on children's books, second-graders of Hacettepe University Primary School and their parents were made subject to an investigation and were given several questionnaires. According to obtained results, our hypothesis is verified and it has been found that parents who do not have enough knowledge on such books cannot constitute a positive effect on their children