Uluslararası Çocuk Edebiyatı ve Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi (ÇEDAR)

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Critical thinking is based on learning to think, starting with asking questions and seeking logical answers to questions; Developing by recognizing and questioning cause-effect relationships; It is a skill that can be acquired with disciplined thinking, which requires not making generalizations and being understanding towards different ideas. If critical thinking is taught to the individual from an early age, it can turn into a permanent skill and take a place in one's life. The ability to think critically is effective in solving the problems faced by the individual, in establishing healthy relations with the environment, in establishing his relations with himself and the society on a healthy ground. The aim of this study is to examine the six books written by Anooshirvan Miandji for children in terms of critical thinking skills and to identify the expressions in the books that lead to critical thinking. Qualitative research method was adopted in the study, and the data of the research were obtained by document analysis technique. The obtained data were interpreted using content analysis. Anooshirvan Miandji studied Philosophy of Science, Critical Thinking, Information Theory and Psychology from Oxford University between 2016-2020. The author currently teaches Critical Thinking and Scientific Research Ethics at a university. The results of our research show that an author who has trained himself in critical thinking and learned how to think, wants to teach the reader what he knows with the books he writes, and wants to give the reader the ability to think critically. In the books examined, asking questions to the reader both with the dialogues of the characters and the information given by the author, reasoning by understanding the cause-effect relationship, questioning, not generalizing, not accepting in advance, not being blindly attached to information, following a process suitable for scientific research methods and trying to gain knowledge. Ideas that will provide critical thinking skills such as reaching, trying different solutions, saying that a truth will not be true in every period and situation, that truths can change with changing times and conditions, that I can be wrong, are intensively covered. Since the critical thinking skill is a skill that can be successfully acquired if the foundation is laid at an early age, books that aim to make the reader comprehend critical thinking in fiction should be taught to children in order to gain this skill. The books written by Anooshirvan Miandji for children can be taught to children to gain critical thinking skills.