The research in terms of the educational messages of Aytül Akal's children's books

The aim of this study is to examine the children's boks of Aytül Akal in terms of educational messages. The method of research is a document analysis of qualitative research methods. In the research, Random sample type has been used in the selection of samples. Accordingly, Aytül Akal's 8 story, 8 tale and novel books have been chosen by random sampling method. In the following process, educational messages have been detected in books which were firstly examined based on the principles of document review and these educational messages have been classified according to their presentation styles and purposes. Educational messages identified in the examined books have been classified as "Direct Messages" (open messages) and "İndirect Messages" (implicit messages) according to their presentation format. The messages classified as direct/indirect transmitted messages according to their presentation has been grouped according to their purpose as 1. Educational Messages Supporting Personal Development, 2. Educational Messages Social Development, 3. Educational Messages Supporting the Development of National Thought, 4.Educational Messages Supporting Environmental Awareness Development, 5.Educational Messages that Support the Development of Universal Thought. A total of 230 educational messages have been detected in the sentences and paragraphs of Aytül Akal's 24 books. 181 of these messages are implicit messages and have been transferred to the reader via indirect transmission.49 of the detected messages are open messages and have been transferred to the reader by direct transmission. The most frequently detected educational message group in the author's books is "Educational Messages that Support Personal Development". In these books, the least detected group of educational messages is "Educational Messages that Support the Development of National Thought". Aytül Akal is a writer who has attracted the attention of children's readers and educators with the character she creates in her works, the subject she chooses, the style of expression she uses and the messages she has digested within sentences and paragraphs in her Works. The subject of the author's works can be any event or situation we live in daily life. Akal presents the characters that remind us one of our families or any person around us in a humorous way to the reader. In the plot of her works, the author presents educational messages to the reader about various living spaces based on the conflict that we experience in our social life. Therefore, for the rich educational messages contained in author's children's books, it is thought that it can be used by parents and educator in the character development of children readers and valves education. Key Words: Aytül Akal, Educational messages, Children's book, Children's literature.