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

Skateboards, Egypt, and A Giant Peach!

My students need 60 literature books for our classroom library, including "Call of the Wild" and "White Fang".

  • $466 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

I am a first year Teach for America corps member who teaches 4th grade to an amazing group of low-income students in California. Though almost 90% of the students at our school receive free lunch, they are showing amazing growth and working very hard to learn each day. Last year, our school was excited to learn that we had some of the largest academic gains of any elementary school in the entire school district.

Though we have had a lot of success, we still have a very long way to go to give these students the excellent education that they deserve! One of our biggest areas of struggle is reading skills - many of my students are still reading well below the appropriate grade level. We know that the best way to increase their reading ability is to have strong instruction about reading strategies coupled with plenty of time to read books that kids love!

My classroom library is bare! Almost every student has already read through all of the books that I have at their level. Of course the solution to this problem is to get new books! I have selected a set of books that range from mid-2nd grade level (for my lowest readers) to 6th grade (for a few star students). With this new selection of books, every student will be able to have several new books to choose from for our silent reading time!

I can just imagine it - a classroom of excited 4th graders opening up box after box of new, colorful, and exciting books! Please help me make this a reality for my students - they deserve the same opportunities as high-income students. We will be excited to send you thank you notes and pictures so that you can share in their excitement!

Ms. Casaretto
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Jim's Dog Muffins Miriam Cohen, Ronald Himler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move (Henry and Mudge Series #18) Cynthia Rylant, Sucie Stevenson (Illustrator), Su ie Stevenson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Henry and Mudge and Annie's Perfect Pet (Henry and Mudge Series #20) Cynthia Rylant, Sucie Stevenson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom Louis Sachar, Zelade • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Horse in Harry's Room (I Can Read Book Series: Level 1) Syd Hoff, Syd Hoff (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Curious George and the Pizza Margret Rey, Alan J. Shalleck (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $3.55 1 $3.55
Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia: (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2) Peggy Parish, Wallace Tripp (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
There's a Nightmare in My Closet Mercer Mayer, Mercer Mayer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
You'll Soon Grow into Them, Titch Pat Hutchins, Pat Hutchins (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Just Going to the Dentist Mercer Mayer • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Candy Corn Contest (Kids of Polk Street School) Patricia Reilly Giff, Blanche Sims (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Little Gorilla Ruth Lercher Bornstein, Ruth Bornstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Nate the Great and the Phony Clue (Nate the Great Series) Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Marc Simont (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.05 1 $4.05
Arthur's Teacher Trouble (Arthur Adventures Series) Marc Brown, Smith, Laz, Marc Brown (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Dinosaur Who Lived in My Backyard B. G. Hennessy, Susan Davis, Susan Davis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash Trinka Hakes Noble, Steven Kellogg, Steven Kellogg (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake (Junie B. Jones Series #5) Barbara Park, Smith, Mark Podwal • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren (Junie B. Jones Series #7) Barbara Park, Fancher, Reisz, Denise Brunkus (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Gregory, the Terrible Eater Sharmat, Ariane Dewey (Illustrator), Jose Aruego (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
M&M and the Haunted House Game Pat Ross, Marylin Hafner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Is He a Girl? (Marvin Redpost Series #3), Vol. 3 Louis Sachar, Barbara Sullivan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Kidnapped at Birth? (Marvin Redpost Series #1) Louis Sachar, Neal Hughes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet (Secrets of Droon Series #1) Tony Abbott, Tim Jessell (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
How My Parents Learned to Eat Ina R. Friedman, Allen Say (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
It Goes Eeeeeeeeeeeee! Jamie Gilson, Diane de Groat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Cookies and Crutches (Pee Wee Scouts Series #1) Judy Delton, Pee Wee Scouts Staff, Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail (Nate the Great Series) Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Marc Simont (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.05 1 $4.05
Westward To Home: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary, Vol. 1 Patricia Hermes • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Aliens for Breakfast Stephanie Spinner, Steve Bjorkman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Arthur Meets the President (Arthur Adventures Series) Marc Brown, Pfeiffer, Marc T. Brown • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Cam Jansen and Mystery of Stolen Diamonds (Cam Jansen Adventures Series #1) David A. Adler • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Case of The Perfect Prank James Preller, R. W. Alley (Illustrator), Jamie Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Police Cars Jill Braithwaite • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Snot Stew Bill Wallace, Lisa McCue (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Earthquake in the Early Morning (Magic Tree House Series #24) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
I Have a Sister, My Sister Is Deaf Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson, Deborah Ray, Deborah Kogan Ray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar, Julie Brinckloe (Illustrator), Adam McCauley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Vacation under the Volcano (Magic Tree House Series #13) Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Magic School Bus Butterfly And The Bog Beast: A Book About Butterfly Camouflage (Magic School Bus Series) Created by Joanna Cole, Nancy Krulik, Thompson Brothers (Illustrator), Created by Bruce Degen • Barnes and Noble $3.15 1 $3.15
Seven Kisses in a Row Patricia Maclachlan, Maria Pia Marrella (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Arthur and the Popularity Test (Arthur Chapter Books Series #12), Vol. 12 Marc Brown, Stephen Krensky, Marc Tolon Brown, Orleck, Sandra Willard • Barnes and Noble $3.82 1 $3.82
Cam Jansen and the Mystery at Monkey House (Cam Jansen Adventures Series #10) David A. Adler • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Coiled Viper (Secrets of Droon #19) Tony Abbott, Tim Jessell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye (Geronimo Stilton Series #1) Geronimo Stilton, Matt Wolf (Illustrator), Larry Keys (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Giant Jam Sandwich John Vernon Lord, With Janet Burroway • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
House on East 88th Street Bernard Waber, Bernard Waber (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Pirates Don't Wear Pink Sunglasses (Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Series #9) Debbie Dadey, John Steven Gurney (Illustrator), With Marcia Thornton Jones • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig, William Steig (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Secret School Avi • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters John Steptoe, John Steptoe (Illustrator), John L. Steptoe (Illustrator), Clarita Kohen (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
What Happened to the Dinosaurs? Franklyn Mansfield Branley, Marc Simont (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Dreams in the Golden Country : The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (Dear America Series) Kathryn Lasky • Barnes and Noble $9.85 1 $9.85
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl, Lane Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Double Life of Pocahontas Jean Fritz, Ed Young (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Slave Dancer Paula Fox, Eros Keith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Call of the Wild and White Fang (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Jack London, Tina Gianquitto (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Story of King Arthur and His Knights Howard Pyle, John F. Plummer (Afterword) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35

Materials cost

$304.87

Vendor shipping charges

$30.49

Sales tax

$22.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$382.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.85

Total project goal

$465.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$465.85

7 Donors

-$449.41

Donations toward project cost

-$382.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$67.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.44

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$0.00

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