摘要：This analysis of the children`s books used in kindergarten classroom activities focused on educational meanings of the books. The analysis included books used in 8 kindergartens in 1999. Finding were that 76.6% of books were published in the 1990s;60.7% of the lines per page were over 5 lines;only 55 of 542 books were recommended as good books by public institutions;half of the books provided factual knowledges or informations;Korean books included more realistic than fantastic fiction while the opposite was true of foreign books;in Korean books,male characters appeared far more often than females;70.1% of the themes of the books were related to the ten themes of life suggested by the Ministry of Education;and 44.8% of the contents included moral values while only 17.5% of those included adventure,hobbies or pastimes..
