Criteria in selecting children's literature books and suggestions for Turkish children abroad

The aim of this study is to prepare a criteria in selecting children's literature books and suggestions as an additional education material based on language levels (5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade), the themes indicated in Turkish and Turkish Culture Course Curriculum and children literature criteria for Turkish children living abroad. For this purpose, first of all the catalogs of eleven publishing houses, which are determined according to their corporate identity, current and active status, were scanned and seventy books were determined. The suggested books describe in detail which level the book is appropriate, which themes it handles and what features it has for the Turkish and Turkish Culture course. At the end of the research, in this work which consists of eight themes, children's literature criteria and seventy books that are linguistic level-appropriate, gives information about which book what for and which level to Turkish teachers who teach abroad.