Analysis of Children's and Young Adult's Religious Stories Published during 2001-2006 with regard to Their Content, Construction, Language, Illustration and Physical Shape

Two hundred and ninety one stories from the database of Iranian Book Home were selected and evaluated in order to analyze published religious stories for children and young adults over the period of 2001-2006 with regard to the quality of content, construction, language, illustration and physical shape. Findings show that there are 3 basic issues with regard to the content quality such as lack of references, direct advice, and prejudice about discussed subject. Some basic identified issues on the part of the content consist of sending messages explicitly with direct conclusions and advice at the end, non-creative presentation and exaggerated description of religious personalities. Regarding construction and writing style, there were difficult and ambiguous terms not explained in the footnote, lack of a fluent language, low quality of illustrations and lack of creativity. Physical appearances of books were acceptable.