Making the Right Choices in Book Selection for Schools

This book is the latest in the "Perspective on African Book Development" series, which seeks to inform debate and discuss strategies that are both appropriate and vital for policy planning and development in the sphere of education and publishing in Africa. The aim is to raise pertinent issues for all those who have embarked on the quest for sustainable book policies. The series comes out of recent research in a number of sub-Saharan African countries commissioned by the Working Group on Book and Learning Materials (WGBLM). This publication provides guidelines on how to select appropriate and adequate books to meet the needs of African classrooms. It can be used as a guide or as a training manual and offers useful checklists that can help in book selection.