UNESCO Statute of Peace and its Reflection in Children’s Fiction story in Iran

This study attempted to reflect peace and friendship culture in children’s fiction in Iran by considering these two components in the UNESCO Statute of Peace. Following library research method, fifty storybooks which had been written and published in the 1990s and the 2000s were studied, and 14 books devoted exclusively to age group 6-8 years old underwent content analysis. Next, different types of peace culture promotion and education methods aimed at children in the books were analyzed. Results of the study revealed that although storybooks are believed to be preachers of peace and friendship, they mostly highlight such components as love, friendship and cooperation, and are not concerned with many other propositions of peace culture that are indispensable for peaceful coexistence in society.