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Capturing Reluctant Readers with Poetry and Novels in Verse

My students need 60 new books including book titles from "After the Death of Anna Gonzales" to Wolf Pack of the Winisk River" for the library's collection of poetry and novels in verse.

  • $1,075 goal

This project expired on May 1, 2010.

This project expired on May 1, 2010.

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Ms. Anderson Jefferson Middle School
Champaign, IL Grades 6-8

Poetry shakes the soul and inspires students to read. I am the librarian in a middle school (6-8) that services an urban student population--48% of our students are minorities, and 45% are low income. Approximately 30% of our students function below grade level and for many of the students their school library is the only place they have free access to reading materials.

Poetry and novels in verse are very popular in our library, unfortunately our collection is small and worn. In fact, when teachers check out the poetry books from the library for a unit there are only a few books of poems left for students to check out themselves. Of our books in verse, 60% have circulated three or more times this school year and 80% have been checked out at least one time since August. The demand for poetry is always high, but will peak during April, which is National Poetry Month.

Our library needs to improve their collection of poetry books and novels in verse. These books are excellent because they are accessible to students at a variety of reading levels. Novels in verse and poems about sports and relationships are also in high demand by our more reluctant readers. Poetry can also be used in the classroom for reading skills instruction (fluency or comprehension) and examination of a specific author's craft (simile,mood, foreshadowing, etc). Ultimately, readers become better with practice and providing students with access to poetry and novels help make this happen.

Your help will ensure that my students continue to be excited about reading. Students who spend more time reading improve their literacy skills which results in an increase in student growth.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

300 students impacted
Ms. Anderson Jefferson Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Champaign, IL 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

300 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
What If... ?: Amazing Stories Monica Hughes (Editor), Selected by Monica Hughes • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Walking on Glass Alma Fullerton • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Voice from Afar: Poems of Peace Tony Johnston, Susan Guevara (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
The Vintage Book of African American Poetry Michael S. Harper (Editor), Anthony Walton (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Tell the World Writerscorps, Foreword by Sherman Alexie • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
T4: A Novel Ann Clare LeZotte • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
Something about America Maria Testa • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Road Trip Linda Oatman High, Linda Oatman Oatman High, Linda Oatman-High • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking at the Harlem Renaissance Through Poems Nikki Giovanni • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni Nikki Giovanni, Virginia Fowler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $19.80 1 $19.80
Seeing Emily Joyce Lee Wong • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Scout Christine Ford • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
Salting the Ocean: 100 Poems by Young Poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Ashley Bryan (Illustrator), Bryan Ashley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.09 1 $17.09
Rules of the Game: Baseball Poems Marjorie Maddox-Hafer, John Sandford (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle and Other Modern Verse: Anthology Scott Foresman Publishing Staff / Dunning / Lueder Scott Foresman Publishing Staff / Dunning / Lueders / Smith (Eds.) • Barnes and Noble $12.37 1 $12.37
Polkabats and Octopus Slacks: 14 Stories Calef Brown • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Place My Words Are Looking for: What Poets Say About and Through Their Work Paul B. Janeczko, Designed by Molly Heron • Barnes and Noble $10.69 1 $10.69
Pieces of Georgia Jen Bryant • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Paper Dance: 55 Latino Poets Victor Hernandez Cruz (Editor), Virgil Suarez (Editor), Leroy V. Quintana (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $12.55 1 $12.55
Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems from WritersCorps Bill Aguado, Richard Newirth, Foreword by Nikki Giovanni, Kevin Powell • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Pain Tree: And Other Teenage Angst-Ridden Poetry Mark Todd (Editor), Esther Watson (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Motion: American Sports Poems Noah Blaustein, Foreword by John Edgar Wideman • Barnes and Noble $17.10 1 $17.10
Worlds Apart: Traveling with Fernie and Me Gary Soto, Greg Clarke (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Wolf Pack of the Winisk River Paul Brown, Robert Kakegamic (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.85 1 $9.85
White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems Mary Oliver • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
Out There Somewhere Simon J. Ortiz • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Opening Days: Sports Poems Lee Bennett Hopkins (Editor), Scott Medlock (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.20 1 $16.20
Once Upon Ice: And Other Frozen Poems Jane Yolen, Jason Stempel (Illustrator), Jason Stemple (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Nothing Robin Friedman • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
North of Everything Craig Crist-Evans • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Neighborhood Odes Gary Soto, David Diaz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
More Than Friends: Poems from Him and Her Sara Holbrook, Allan Wolf • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
A Mirror to Nature: Poems about Reflection Jane Yolen, Jason Stemple (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Jazz Walter Dean Myers, Christoph Myers (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
The Invisible Ladder: An Anthology of Contemporary American Poems for Young Readers Liz Rosenberg (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $21.55 1 $21.55
I Heart You, You Haunt Me Lisa Schroeder • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
I Am the Darker Brother: An Anthology of Modern Poems by African Americans Arnold Adoff • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Hugging the Rock Susan Taylor Brown • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Hard Hit Ann Turner • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Hand in Hand: An American History Through Poetry Peter M. Fiore • Barnes and Noble $24.29 1 $24.29
Gwendolyn Brooks: Poetry Is Life Distilled Christine M. Hill • Barnes and Noble $28.73 1 $28.73
God Went to Beauty School Cynthia Rylant • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Frenchtown Summer Robert Cormier • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
A Fire in My Hands Gary Soto • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
Far From You Lisa Schroeder • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems Langston Hughes, J. Brian Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
A Dime a Dozen Nikki Grimes, Angelo (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Crazy Man Pamela Porter • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People Jane Yolen, Jason Stemple (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
City of One: Young Writers Speak to the World Writerscorps, The Writerscorps, Colette Dedonato (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $9.85 1 $9.85
Chess Rumble G. Neri, Jesse Joshua Watson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.16 1 $15.16
Call Me Maria Judith Ortiz Cofer • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Brushing Mom's Hair Andrea Cheng, Nicole Wong (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
Blues: For All the Changes: New Poems Nikki Giovanni • Barnes and Noble $13.50 1 $13.50
Black Stars in a White Night Sky JonArno Lawson, Sherwin Tjia (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
The Black Brothers Lisa Tetzner, Hannes Binder (Illustrator), Peter F. Neumeyer (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Ann and Seamus Kevin Major, David Blackwood (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Animals Anonymous Richard Michelson, Scott M. Fischer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Amiri and Odette: A Love Story Walter Dean Myers, Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
All The Broken Pieces Ann Burg • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
After the Death of Anna Gonzales Terri Fields • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15

Materials cost

$781.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $78.20

Sales tax

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3rd party payment processing fee

$11.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$880.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$193.36

Total project goal

$1,074.24

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