การวิเคราะห์หนังสือภาษาไทยสำหรับเด็กฉบับชนะการประกวดตั้งแต่ปี พ.ศ. 2520-พ.ศ. 2523 / วรรณี ศิริสุนทร = An analysis of the Thai award-winning books for children from 1977 to 1980 / Vannee Sirisunthorn
The objectives of this research arc to analyze the 46 titles of Thai award-winning books for children from 1977 to 1980 with respect to content, illustration, and usage of language, and to study the children's point of views towards the Thai award-winning books for children. The processes of this analysis were : 1. to set the criteria for the analysis and the questionnaires by studying through various sources ; 2. to revise those criteria through the advice of three specialists in children's literature ; 3. to annotate 46 children's books ; 4. to analyze those books and assigned scores with respect to the designed scale : content, illustration, and usage of language. The results of the analysis are : Thirteen titles of fiction for the beginning readers (kindergarten) are rated as follows : most of their contents are good, their illustrations are equally good and very good, and most of their usages of language are very good. Considering the three criteria as a whole, it was found that 5 titles are rated very good and 8 titles arc rated good. Seventeen titles of fiction for the elementary pupils are as rated that most of their contents, illustrations and usages of language are good. Considering the three criteria as a whole, it was found, that 2 titles are rated Very good And 15 titles are rated good. Nine titles of fiction and seven titles of non-fiction for the secondary pupils are as rated that most of their contents, illustrations and usages of language are good. Considering the three criteria as a whole it was found that only one of the non-fiction books is rated very good and the rest are rated good. Comparing the results of this analysis to the children's point of views, they are consistent for almost all titles. Recommendations : 1. Parents, guardians and teachers should encourage children to read as many Thai children's books as possible. This will assist in promoting their knowledge and understanding of various contents and creating a habit of reading. 2. Librarians of school and public libraries should be well-informed about children's books publishing and distribution. This information will help selecting books for children. Libra- rians may hold varieties of activities to draw children's interests in reading for example : a book-talk contest and Children book exhibition. 3. Children's books for beginning readers should be colorfully illustrated as all children are attracted to the colours. Moreover, the colours help them automatically to remember the stories on the page. 4. The children should be allowed and encouraged to participate in giving their own opinions on the book contests. 5. Researches of similar nature should be done for other Thai award-winning books for children but in different period beyond this study. 6. There should be researches on other book contest events.
