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This guidance note focuses on straightforward, standard approaches that World Bank teams and clients can use to increase the usefulness and durability and decrease the costs of books in education programs.

This guidebook was created for the Read@Home project to help writers, illustrators, and designers create books for young children to share with their families at home.

The purpose of this manual is to provide practical guidance on the identification and selection of quality children’s reading materials for home use, and the identification or design of accompanying materials for caregivers to support children’s learning.

This guide explains standard technical specifications for the most common types of textbooks and teaching and learning materials.

This guide details the importance of copyright and the legal conventions that exist across the world to protect the creation of books, including the books funded by The World Bank.