McCullough's work, cited above, offers personal insight into the materials creation process as well as guidance. She begins the book with a hint that the endeavor is not for the faint of heart.
Anyone who enjoys a particularly long and complicated process which, at its end, will reap him a great deal of criticism as well as a great many friends, should consider the development of a reader series . . . The whole point of the venture is not to prove one’s ability to produce but to prepare children better for the reading world.” \cite{mccullough_constance_m._preparation_1968}, 13
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A UNESCO document from their Asian Cultural CEnter takes a checklist approach. The report Development of Basic Literacy Learning Materials for minority Peoples in Asia and the Pacific came out of a regional meeting in 1994. Participants collaborated to create guidelines for preparing literacy materials, with very brief descriptions of each of the steps. \cite{rai_development_1994}.