<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Carrie,</div><div>A good friend of mine founded an organization that does this- she would be a wealth of information. You can find info to get ahold of her at <a href="http://atozliteracy.org">atozliteracy.org</a> - best of luck to you and your friend!</div><div><br></div><div>Kristina </div><div><br>On Jan 26, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <<a href="mailto:islma@list.railslibraries.info">islma@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I encourage all who assist this worthwhile project to consider the "spoiled milk" analogy of using weeded books: please do not pass on incorrect or outdated information. Students in Ghana deserve correct information and worthwhile books in their new library.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I visited a number of schools in Uganda, including one supported by my high school, and the libraries, as simple as they may be, are better used when filled with books that students want to read, not weeded discards. The bottom, dusty shelves were often filled with old textbook series that do not match the national curriculum.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">My best advice is to send paperbacks that are generally appropriate and do not focus heavily on US culture or TV shows. Current science books. Classics. I brought a suitcase with 50 lbs f paperback books in varied reading levels, and I gave them away to the children we visited. Book Love.</div></div>
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