In order to be grown up in a healthy way, children have to interact with the books which attract their attention and appropriate for their needs and perception levels. Because the works for children not only improve children’s imaginations and creativities but also these works are important factors for the development of the children’s mental, linguistic and communication skills. This situation is crucial especially for the fields of education such as visual arts education in which weekly training hours are limited and brings the children’s art books as a prominent need. Children's books - which are regarded as effective teaching tools in developed countries - is a special area surveyed with a scientific approach. In our country, there is increment in children’s books and book researches as well. However, it is seen that children’s books, especially in the field of art and education, are inadequate in terms of quantity and are not researched according to certain criteria. In this study, the formal and substantive features that the childrens’s art book should have will be presented. It is expected that the formal and substantive features which will be presented in this study will contribute to other reviewing studies in this area and to art educators and writers who are aspiring to write art books for children.