interactive electronic book design for children with cut out technique

Interactive e-books are presented in a wide variety of contents and options, considering different age groups. The interactive e-books are designed for children in this direction by considering the elements that make up the interactive e-books and the multimedia design process. Firstly, in the first part of the thesis, the historical development of illustrating children's books in the national and international field, the techniques of illustration, the historical development of the illustration with the cut out technique, the cut out technique today, and the examples made are included. In the second part, e-books are defined and e-books are divided into four categories. The devices needed to read e-books and the relationship between e-books and games, e-books by age ranges, the importance of interactive e-books for children are explained. Visual design elements are handled in order to present qualified interactive e-books for children. In the third chapter, in line with the first and second chapter, the works put forward by the paper cutting technique, interactive e-books and interactive e-books created by the paper cutting technique are evaluated with positive and negative aspects. the fourth chapter is intended to be a guide for the interactive e-book application and for all interactive e-books. In the third section, the works produced with the paper cutting technique in line with the ones described in the first and second sections, interactive e-books and interactive e-books created with the paper cutting technique are evaluated with their positive and negative aspects and it is aimed to be a guide for the application to be done in the fourth section and all interactive e-book applications. In the fourth section, after all the researches, the story of "Keloğlan and The Fish" has been reconstructed by fictionalising. Interactive e-book application using cut out technique was created in apk format according to android mobile devices.