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Ms. G from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. G's classroom raised $680

Planting the Seed for Young Readers

My students need 39 quality trade books to complement our units of study in the alphabet, numbers and counting, character building, poetry, plants, and small creatures (worms, pill bugs, fish, snails).

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Ms. G Civicorps Elementary School
Oakland, CA Grades PreK-2

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child. ~ Mary Ellen Chase ~ I teach Kindergarten at a charter school in California that serves a low income, high need community. Our mission is to instill academic literacy, civic literacy, and artistic literacy in our students. I strive to create a literature-rich environment to cultivate all types of literacy and create an appreciation for reading.

In many cases, our students do not have access to quality literature at home. As a second year teacher, I've bought various books to build up my classroom library with a limited budget. To ensure that my students have fine literature to look through and read, I have also been borrowing books from other teachers and making weekly trips to the library, but it would be great if we could have literature that belongs to our classroom to compliment our units of study.

Kindergartners need quality trade books that will inspire their learning about particular topics. This literature will help encourage a desire to learn how to read, while developing young, impressionable minds!

I truly believe that quality literature fosters the desire to read and engage young minds in the subject matter I teach. Your help will ensure that my students discover that "books, to the reading child, are so much more than books -- they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past. ~ Esther Meynell

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 3 donors
Ms. G Civicorps Elementary School Grades PreK-2

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Oakland, CA View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

20 students impacted 3donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
You Can Be My Friend (Charlie and Lola Series) Lauren Child • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Are We There Yet?: A journey around Australia Alison Lester, Alison Lester (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator), John Archambault • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
The Sneetches & Other Stories Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry Jane Yolen (Editor), Andrew Fusek Peters (Editor), Polly Dunbar (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.59 1 $17.59
RE306 - Character Building Stories Paperback Library • Lakeshore Learning $78.50 1 $78.50
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Dr. Seuss, Ring • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Splish Splash Steven M. Scott (Illustrator), Steve Scott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Fish (Eyewitness Books Series) Steve Parker, DK Publishing, Manufactured by DK Publishing • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister, Marcus Pfister (Illustrator), J. Alison James (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $15.16 1 $15.16
Olivia's Opposites Ian Falconer, Ian Falconer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Olivia Counts Ian Falconer, Ian Falconer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Dumpster Diver Janet S. Wong, David Roberts (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Waiting for Wings Lois Ehlert, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
This is a Poem that Heals Fish Jean-Pierre Simeon, Olivier Tallec (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
But, Excuse Me, That Is My Book (Charlie and Lola Series) Lauren Child, Lauren Child (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (Charlie and Lola Series) Lauren Child • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola Series) Lauren Child, Lauren Child (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Charlie and Lola's Opposites Lauren Child, Lauren Child (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Charlie and Lola's Numbers Lauren Child • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Are You A Snail? Judy Allen, Tudor Humphries (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
The Snail's Spell Joanne Ryder, Joan Ryder, Lynne Cherry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Snail and the Whale Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Bob and Otto Robert O. Bruel, Nick Bruel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Lap Board Book Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.99 1 $11.99
Inch by Inch Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Wonderful Worms Linda Glaser • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Wiggling Worms at Work (Let's-Read-and-Find-out Science Series, Stage 2) Wendy Pfeffer, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? Margaret McNamara, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.99 1 $11.99
Magic Beach Alison Lester • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Imagine Alison Lester • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Leaf Man Lois Ehlert • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80
I'm a Pill Bug Yukihisa Tokuda, Kiuoshi Takahasi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
A Pill Bug's Life John Himmelman • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
The Grouchy Ladybug Board Book Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
From Head to Toe Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
10 Little Rubber Ducks Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Tiny Seed Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Not Norman: A Goldfish Story Kelly Bennett, Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$450.57

Vendor shipping charges

 $45.06

Sales tax

 $32.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$557.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$122.27

Total project goal

$679.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $679.27

2 Donors

-$655.29

Donations toward project cost

-$557.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$98.29

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$23.98

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