The role of visual communication design in teaching concepts to preschool children: A review of children's books

It is important that the books used to teach concepts to preschool children are designed in accordance with visual communication design elements and principles. Baby University First Concept Stories series, which was selected as a purposeful sample in the research, was examined under the headings of internal and external structure. In the research, finding answers to questions such as whether the books have a common language in using design principles and elements, whether they make conceptual emphasis, whether the relationship between content and illustrations can be established, were sought using the content analysis method. In this story series examined, it is seen that conceptual emphasis is provided through the cooperation of visual and linguistic elements and the characters that play the subject role in the narration of concepts. Although a different style is adopted in the first two books of the Baby University series, it has been concluded that the design language is generally common and the books have a relationship between content and illustration.