IntroductionAs children learn to read, they are exposed to cultural symbols in books and also learn about their culture. Thus learning to read is an important mechanism through which culture is transmitted from one generation to the next (Taylor, 2003). Furthermore, research tells us that children's textbooks contribute to the transmission of beliefs; particular with respect to gender (Dionne, 2010). Previous research has indicated that by age seven, children begin to realize gender as a core tenet of their identity. Furthermore, there have been studies that have confirmed the fact that most characteristics of femininity and masculinity are not biological and are acquired. In this sense, primary school books could be an important source of gender stereotypes that children will use to form their gender behavior and it becomes undeniably important for children to treat the information in their textbooks as if they were unquestionably accurate. students read informs who they are, how they fit into their world, and how others see them. When students' experiences are ignored or omitted, marginalized or trivialized, made invisible, presented in fragmented ways as additions to the curriculum, or stereotyped in texts, so do they. When they read descriptions of themselves as competent people who have voices heard and experiences honored, they are similarly honored and see themselves as competent. (Worrel, 2001). The experiences of gender bias that children encounter in their textbooks can shape their attitudes and beliefs related to the development of interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships, access to equality in education, participation in corpora... half of sheet.... ..ks. Teaching Sociology, 31(3), 300-311.Trecker, J. L. (1971). Women in high school U.S. history textbooks. Social Education, 35(3), 249–260. Turgeon, W. C. (2008). The persistence of gender stereotypes in the 21st century and what we can do about it. Analytical Teaching and Philosophy, 28(1), 18-27.VERIKAITE, D. (2012). Gender Biases in Textbooks in India. Man and the Word, 14(3), 63-69. Wilde, K. (2008). Women in sport: gender stereotypes in the past and present. Retrieved June 6, 2013, from http://www.athabascau.ca/wmst/papers/Wilde.pdf.Worrel, J. (ed.) (2001). Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and Society's Impact on Gender. New York: Academic Press.Zittleman, K. & Sadker, D. (2002). Teacher training and gender equity: the unfinished revolution. Retrieved June 17, 2013, from www.sadker.org/PDF/TextbooksandGenderEquity.pdf‎