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In the research, children’s books about Yunus Emre between 1960 and 2020 were determined and it was tried to evaluate how this narrative was carried out. How Yunus Emre’s legends and poems took place in the works was presented through seven books determined by random sampling. In all of the children’s books about Yunus Emre examined in the research, it was seen that the difficult conditions and poverty of the Anatolian people were mentioned when Yunus Emre was born. It is mentioned in all the books that Yunus Emre found the help he could not find at the door of Hacı Bektaş-i Veli in Tapduk Emre and that he became his student. The best-known poems of Yunus Emre are included in the books. In addition to his poems, couplets/quatrains taken from his poems and poems written by other poets for Yunus Emre are also included. Yunus Emre’s legendary life is presented by placing it in fictions in ways that will attract the attention of children. While the legends add depth to the narrative in the books, an aesthetic style has been captured thanks to the poems and pieces of poetry. In the books, Yunus Emre’s love for humanity has been handled and it has been emphasized that he has graves in many cities. In the books, it has been seen that children’s characters are added to the fictions in order to make it easier for children to identify. Adult characters such as grandfather, father and teacher who tell Yunus Emre to children are also included. In most of the books, information about Risaletü’n Nushiyye is given and Yunus Emre’s philosophy is tried to be conveyed.