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Mrs. L. from FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We Can Read And Succeed with Books!

My students need 70 inspiring biographies and fiction books that encourage them to READ AND SUCCEED!

  • $499 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I inspire students to love to read because being a good reader will allow them to succeed in all aspects of their future regardless of their present economic conditions.

My students are eager to expand their reading skills but lack the necessary books. They need a variety of on level books to spark their interest, while excelling their reading skills.

This classroom library rich with inspiring biographies and fiction to encourage young students to explore their own possibilities, will not only help to increase their vocabulary and reading skills, but will help them READ AND SUCCEED in their future.

By choosing this project today, YOU will GIVE THE GIFT OF READING that will last their lifetime!

Mrs. L.
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pirates: A Nonfiction Companion to Pirates past Noon (Magic Tree House Research Guide Series) Mary Pope Osborne, Will Osborne • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Lemonade War Jacqueline Davies • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
All-of-a-Kind Family Sydney Taylor, Sidney Taylor, Helen John (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Andrew Jackson: Young Patriot (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) George E. Stanley, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Martha Washington: America's First Lady (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Jean Brown Wagoner, Leslie Goldstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Henry Ford: Young Man with Ideas (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Hazel B. Aird, Wallace Wood (Illustrator), With Catherine Ruddiman • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Abraham Lincoln: Great Emancipator (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Augusta Stevenson, Jerry Robinson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Jean Brown Wagoner, James J. Ponter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Helen Albee Monsell, Kenneth Wagner (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Sitting Bull: Dakota Boy (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Augusta Stevenson, Robert Jenney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator Meryl Henderson • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Jackie Robinson: Young Sports Trailblazer (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Herb Dunn, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Eleanor Roosevelt: Fighter for Social Justice (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Ann Weil, Gray Morrow (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Jim Thorpe: Olympic Champion (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Guernsey Van Riper, Jr. Van Riper, Gray Morrow (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Runner (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Jo Harper, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: America's Youngest President (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Lucy Post Frisbee, Al Fiorentino (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Ray Charles: Young Musician Susan Sloate, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Dear Benjamin Banneker Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator), Brian Davis Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dalgliesh, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Dudes, the School Is Haunted! (Rotten School Series #7) R. L. Stine, Trip Park (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Good, the Bad and the Very Slimy (Rotten School Series #3) R. L. Stine, Trip Park (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Night of the Creepy Things (Rotten School Series #14) R. L. Stine, Trip Park (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Big Blueberry Barf-Off! (Rotten School Series #1) R. L. Stine, Trip Park (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Calling All Birdbrains (Rotten School Series #15) R. L. Stine, Trip Park (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.98 1 $3.98
Cam Jansen & The Chocolate Fudge Mystery David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the U.F.O. (Cam Jansen Adventures Series #2) David A. Adler, Susanna Natti (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #1) Jeff Kinney • Barnes and Noble $10.36 1 $10.36
Judy Moody Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Judy Moody Gets Famous! Megan McDonald, Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Who Cloned the President? (Capital Mysteries Series #1) Ron Roy, Timothy Bush (Illustrator), Liza Woodruff (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Skeleton in the Smithsonian (Capital Mysteries Series #3) Ron Roy, Jean-Claude Ed. Roy, Timothy Bush (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
A Spy in the White House (Capital Mysteries Series #4) Ron Roy, Timothy Bush (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Kidnapped at the Capital (Capital Mysteries Series #2) Ron Roy, Liza Woodruff (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Who Broke Lincoln's Thumb (Capital Mysteries Series #5) Ron Roy, Timothy Bush (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Punished! David Lubar • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Me and the Pumpkin Queen Marlane Kennedy • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Giant Germ Joanna Cole, Anne Capeci, Bruce Degen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Flat Stanley Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Mount Rushmore Calamity (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures Series #1) Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures Series #2) Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Stanley, Flat Again! (Flat Stanley Series) Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Ghosts (Magic Tree House Research Guide Series #20) Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Leonardo da Vinci (Magic Tree House Research Guide Series #19) Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Dolphins and Sharks (Magic Tree House Research Guide Series #9) Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Mummies and Pyramids: A Nonfiction Companion to Mummies in the Morning (Magic Tree House Research Guide Series) Sal Murdocca, Mary Pope Osborne, Will Osborne (Illustrator), Sal Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Rain Forests: A Nonfiction Companion to Afternoon on the Amazon Mary Pope Osborne, Will Osborne • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Sea Monsters: A Nonfiction Companion to Dark Day in the Deep Sea Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Door in the Wall Marguerite De Angeli, Marguerite Angeli, Ted de Angeli (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
Go Fish Mary Stolz, Pat Cummings (Illustrator), Mary Stolz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Bears on Hemlock Mountain Alice Dalgliesh, Helen Sewell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Chocolate Touch Patrick Skene Catling, Margot Apple (Illustrator), Margo Apple (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Frindle Andrew Clements, Brian Selznick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Abel's Island William Steig • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Augusta Stevenson, Frank Giacoia (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Walt Disney: Young Movie Maker (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Marie Hammontree, Fred Irvin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Elizabeth Blackwell: Girl Doctor (Childhood of Famous Americans Series Joanne Landers Henry, Robert Doremus (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Pocahontas: Young Peacemaker (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Leslie Gourse, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Thomas A. Edison: Young Inventor (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Sue Guthridge, Wallace Wook (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Augusta Stevenson, Robert Doremus (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Susan B. Anthony: Champion of Women's Rights (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Helen Albee Monsell, Al Fiorentino (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Albert Einstein: Young Thinker (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Marie Hammontree, Robert Doremus (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Helen Keller: From Tragedy to Triumph (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Katharine E. Wilkie, Robert Doremus (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Sacagawea: American Pathfinder (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Flora Warren Seymour, Peter Roop, Flora W. Seymour, Robert Doremus (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Benjamin Franklin: Young Printer (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Augusta Stevenson, Ray Quigley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Neil Armstrong: Young Pilot (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Montrew Dunham, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider (The Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Edd Winfield Parks, Gray Morrow (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Thurgood Marshall: Young Justice (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Montrew Dunham, Dunham, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Roberto Clemente: Young Ball Player (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Montrew Dunham, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Milton Hershey: Young Chocolatier M. M. Eboch, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39

Materials cost

$358.39

Vendor shipping charges

$35.84

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$408.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.71

Total project goal

$498.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$498.39

4 Donors

-$489.61

Donations toward project cost

-$408.68

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$80.93

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.78

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$0.00

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