Related to the child in award-winning story texts: TUDEM sample

Children have a different universe of meaning from adults. Children try to understand experiences and the world using different perspectives. Writers and poets who are aware of their unique realms; they write qualified works to develop children and to give them the love and habit of reading. Children's literature works, which are competent in their field, aim to enable children to acquire the habit of reading over time and to develop the child in all its aspects. Works that take into account the needs of children, their changing qualities according to age stages, and the criteria that should be in children's literature works; will contribute to the development of the child as a whole. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the children's stories and novels, which came first in the scope of the TUDEM (Test Application Evaluation and Education Center) Literature Awards, in the context of their relativity to the child. Document analysis model which is one of the qualitative research methods was used. Expert opinion was sought in every field needed by using descriptive analysis in the analysis of the data. The study was limited to children's stories and novels which received the first prize between 2003-2021. The works mentioned in the study were evaluated according to their external structure (size, paper, cover and binding, letters, page layout, picture) and internal structure (subject, theme, message, character, language and expression). Firstly, information was given about the concept of child, children's literature, relativity to the child in children's literature and child reality in the study. Then, the works mentioned were evaluated to their external and internal structure features. In the examined works, it was concluded that eight books were suitable for relativity to the child principle, and the other two books were not suitable for relativity to the child principle. Keywords: Relativity to Child, TUDEM, External Structure, Internal Structure.