A Comparative Study of Educational Topics of Children's Literature in Two Persian and Arabic Academic Books

The purpose of research was to compare the educational topics of children's literature in two Persian and Arabic academic books. The research method was qualitative with a descriptive and analytical approach. Data collection method was documentary using two primary sources entitled “children literature” “and Adab Al-Itat Fan Al-Mustaqbal” in Farsi and Arabic respectively. In addition, secondary sources such as books, articles and related research were also used. The findings show that according to the content of the two books, it seems that some of the topics and contents were written under the influence of western theories. Compared to children's literature, the book of Adab al-Ifat Fan Al-Mustaqbal has more subject diversity and the contents in it meet the basic needs of academic audiences. Other finding show that the topics of "early definitions of children's literature", " children's literature essence ", "history of children's literature" and "reading promotion" are similar to each other . Also, significant differences can be seen in topics such as "Teaching Philosophy to Children", "Translation in Children's Literature" and "Using Social Networks" in the two books, the main reason of which is the authors' nationalist tendency of these issues. According to the findings, the Arabic book of "Adab al-Ifat Fan Al-Mustaqbal" due to the use of the correct scientific research method as well as the presentation of diverse and useful topics, can be a suitable model for Iranian authors in writing an academic book of children's literature.