You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Your school email address was successfully verified.

This teacher needs your help!

Ms. W. from Laurens, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

See what Ms. W. is requesting

Desperately Seeking Books!

My new third grade classroom needs a leveled library of paperback books, including a number of classics such as "Frindle", "Indian in the Cupboard", "Tuck Everlasting", "Flat Stanley" and "Charlotte's Web".

  • $757 goal

This project expired on November 25, 2008.

This project expired on November 25, 2008.

Ms. W. Ford Elementary School
Laurens, SC Grades 3-5

This is my first year teaching third grade after teaching four year old kindergarten for the past eight years.

Our school is a Title I school with a very low income population that doesn't always have the opportunity to purchase good reading material.

If you would be willing to help purchase books for my classroom library it would ensure that every child in my classroom has the opportunity to read everyday different genres of books.

The books that I have chosen satisfy the wide varieties of reading levels and interests of third grade readers. Your help will ensure that my students become life long lovers of reading and books! You will make it possible for my students to have quality reading material available to them.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 25 students impacted
Ms. W. Ford Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Laurens, SC View local requests

Nearly all 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

Never Before Funded 25 students impacted

Boost your odds

Add a profile photo in addition to your classroom photo. If you add a photo, it'll show up right here on your project page.

You are more likely to receive funding if you put a face to your name.

Upload a photo

Top rated for efficiency and transparency.

You donate directly to the teacher or project you care about and see where every dollar you give goes.

Expand the "Where your donation goes" section below to see exactly what Ms. W. is requesting.

See our finances

TEACHERS, FEELING INSPIRED?

You can start a project with the same resources being requested here!

Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dark Day in the Deep Sea (Magic Tree House Series #39) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator), Sal Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.59 1 $9.59
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Frindle Andrew Clements, Brian Selznick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Big Blueberry Barf-Off! (Rotten School Series #1) R. L. Stine, Trip Park (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $1.99 1 $1.99
The Teacher from Heck (Rotten School Series #8) R. L. Stine, Trip Park (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $1.99 1 $1.99
Battle of the Dum-Diddys (Rotten School Series #12) R. L. Stine, Trip Park (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $1.99 1 $1.99
Punk'd and Skunked (Rotten School Series #11) R. L. Stine, Trip Park (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $1.99 1 $1.99
Peter and the Shadow Thieves Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Greg Call (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.99 1 $3.99
Charlotte's Web: Signature Edition E. B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.99 1 $5.99
Stuart Little: Collector's Edition E. B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator), Rosemary Wells (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.99 1 $3.99
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #1) Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Flat Stanley Jeff Brown, Scott Nash (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Heat Mike Lupica • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
100 Things You Should Know About Space (Barnes & Noble Edition) Sue Becklake, Peter Bond • Barnes and Noble $3.99 1 $3.99
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson, Donna Diamond (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls Elise Primavera, Elise Primavera (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.99 1 $3.99
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
The Call of the Wild Jack London, Stanley Applebaum (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $1.80 1 $1.80
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Holes Louis Sachar • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Freckle Juice Judy Blume, Sonia O. Lisker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Chocolate Touch Patrick Skene Catling, Margot Apple (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Flush Carl Hiaasen • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Magic Tree House Boxed Set: Books 1 - 4 (Magic Tree House Series) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.17 1 $11.17
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator), Jerry Pinkney (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens, Dickens • Barnes and Noble $3.15 1 $3.15
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia Series #2) C. S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes, Lynd Ward (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks, Brock Cole (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain, Keith Neilson (Afterword) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm • Barnes and Noble $15.98 1 $15.98
Muggie Maggie Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Magic Tree House Collection: Books 5-8 (Magic Tree House Series) Mary Pope Osborne • Barnes and Noble $11.17 1 $11.17
Under the Sea (Discoveries Series) Frank Talbot • Barnes and Noble $5.99 1 $5.99
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl, Lane Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Don't Bump the Glump!: And Other Fantasies Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Stone Fox John Reynolds Gardiner, Marcia Sewall, Marcia Sewall (Illustrator), Marcia Sewall (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
My Dog May Be a Genius Jack Prelutsky, James Stevenson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.19 1 $15.19
The Big Field Mike Lupica • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Magic Tree House The Mystery of the Ancient Riddles Boxed Set #3: Book 9 - 12 (Magic Treehouse Series) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.76 1 $12.76
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Junie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! (Junie B. Jones Series) Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.96 1 $15.96
Peter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Greg Call (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren, Louis S. Glanzman (Illustrator), Florence Lamborn (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
No Talking Andrew Clements, Mark Elliott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.19 1 $11.19
Monday with a Mad Genius (Magic Tree House Series #38) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.59 1 $9.59
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator), Tracy Dockray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Greatest Jokes on Earth Matt Rissinger, Yates, Philip Yates, Jeff Sinclair (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $2.47 1 $2.47
Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve (Magic Tree House Series #30) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.56 1 $9.56
Summer of the Sea Serpent (Magic Tree House Series #31) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.56 1 $9.56
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
High Tide in Hawaii (Magic Tree House Series #28) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator), Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Sterling Unabridged Classics Series) Mark Twain, Scott McKowen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Winter of the Ice Wizard (Magic Tree House Series #32) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.56 1 $9.56
Dangerous Animals (Discoveries Series) John Siedensticker • Barnes and Noble $5.99 1 $5.99
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary, Paul Zelinsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien, Zena Bernstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Mouse and the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Paul Zelinsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House Series #22) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Civil War on Sunday (Magic Tree House Series #21) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Day of the Dragon King (Magic Tree House Series #14) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Barry Moser (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Judy Blume's Fudge Box Set Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $23.96 1 $23.96
Twister on Tuesday (Magic Tree House Series #23) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien, Peter Sis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.00 1 $9.00

Materials cost

$512.88

Vendor shipping charges

 $51.29

Sales tax

 $25.64

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$620.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$136.10

Total project goal

$756.10

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

View complete list Show less

Project Activity

Project Activity
Back to top

DonorsChoose is the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

As a teacher-founded nonprofit, we're trusted by thousands of teachers and supporters across the country. This classroom request for funding was created by Ms. W. and reviewed by the DonorsChoose team.

See how DonorsChoose works
{"pmaHash":"","showProjectRecommendations":true,"leadGenEnabled":false,"hideTeacherDetails":false,"schoolState":"SC","teacherPossessivePronoun":"her","PMsManager":null,"schoolGradeType":{"id":2,"name":"Elementary School"},"TeacherPMForms":{},"completingDonationAmount":757,"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":false,"proposalURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/project/-/190101/","mayHaveReplacements":false,"numStudents":25,"isEquityFocusV1":true,"teacherScreenName":"Ms. W.","isEquityFocus":true,"proposalHash":"-928762254","isApplePayMobileOnly":true,"progressBarPercentage":0.00,"monthlySchoolDonationEnabled":true,"photosPublished":false,"queryString":"","DonorPMForm":null,"shouldTrackEquityFocusV2":true,"schoolCity":"Laurens","teachersOnPage":[226021],"isTeacherViewingTheirOwnProject":false,"minimizedLeadGenEnabled":false,"proposalId":190101,"proposalMessageFormModel":null,"numActiveProjects":0,"verifyShowPhotos":"","eligibleToBeCopied":false,"schoolId":6094,"schoolName":"Ford Elementary School","authorIds":{"226021":{"owner":"Ms. W.","donationSalutations":{}}},"displayedPercentFunded":0.0,"proposalsOnPage":[190101],"pmaId":"","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://cdn.donorschoose.net/images/placeholder-avatars/272/teacher-placeholder-1_272.png?auto=webp","teacherHasProfilePhoto":false,"currentWorkflowStatusCode":6,"teacherChallengeId":80449,"isApplePayEnabled":true,"fundedByTarget":false,"activeProject":null,"donorIdsForImpactPhotoCheck":[],"teacherId":226021,"schoolCounty":"Laurens","fullyFunded":false,"isStudentLed":false,"isExpired":true,"schoolStateObj":{"code":"SC","name":"South Carolina"}}