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Ms. Welsh from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Great Graphic Novels for Teens Inspire Awesome Readers

My students need 43 imagination-inspiring graphic novels to motivate them to read fantasy, non-fiction, and the classics.

  • $640 goal

This project expired on September 11, 2010.

This project expired on September 11, 2010.

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Ms. Welsh Von Steuben Metro Science Center
Chicago, IL Grades 9-12

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.

My Students

'The mind is a great slumbering giant until awakened by the desire to do.'--anonymous. Although my students may not know it yet, they can become enamored with reading for pleasure. They could use this love for books & reading to extend what they know from thier own experiences to the world at large.

We are a small public school in a major urban center in the Midwest.

My students come from diverse neighborhoods and far-reaching corners of the city. My students are 40% African American, 40% Hispanic, 15% Caucasian, and 5% Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American or other. 76% of my students receive free or reduced lunch. My students enjoy comparing their lives with one another and like to talk about the experiences that each of them share as individuals from diverse backgrounds in the stream of urban life. Many of my students need to engage in reading outside of the classroom in order to grow as readers and students and more than a few do not read or speak English at home.

My Project

I am requesting a library of graphic novels. Some of the topics of the novels are pure fantasy, some are non-fiction, and many are classics like Shakespeare's Hamlet and Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. Because we are a small start-up school, we do not have a library and so my students are presently unable to browse a shelf of young adult literature and choose something exciting and pleasurable to read. The graphic novels engage my students on many levels in reading difficult texts with their bold use of color, graphics, and layouts. Access to these novels would provide me the means to persuade my students to choose to read texts that would otherwise not appeal to them in the traditional novel or play form. These graphic novels will inspire my students who read below grade level to choose reading a challenging text over another activity.

It is critical that my students develop a love of reading because it has been proved that higher achievement on test scores that matter to college admissions offices like ACT and SAT are linked to students reading often and on a variety of topics for pleasure.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

83 students impacted
Ms. Welsh Von Steuben Metro Science Center Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Chicago, IL 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

83 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Battle of Gettysburg Michael Burgan, Keith Williams (Illustrator), Steve Erwin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders Emmanuel Guibert, Frederic Lemercier, Didier Lefevre, Alexis Siegel (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $21.56 1 $21.56
Welcome to the Jungle (Dresden Files Series) Jim Butcher, Ardian Syaf • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
The Return of King Doug Greg Erb, Jason Oremland, Hunter Clark • Barnes and Noble $12.78 1 $12.78
The Invincible Iron Man, Volume 1: The Five Nightmares Matt Fraction, Salvador Larroca • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
The Sandman: The Dream Hunters Neil Gaiman, Yoshitaka Amano, Yoshitaka Amano (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation Ray Bradbury, Tim Hamilton (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.20 1 $12.20
Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer, Volume One Dustin Higgins, Van Jensen, Dustin Higgins (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $9.36 1 $9.36
The Color of Earth, Vol. 1 Dong Hwa Kim • Barnes and Noble $14.49 1 $14.49
The Color of Water, Vol. 2 Kim Dong Hwa, Lauren Na (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $14.49 1 $14.49
The Color of Heaven, Vol. 3 Kim Dong Hwa, Lauren Na (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $14.52 1 $14.52
Mixed Vegetables, Volume 7 Ayumi Komura, Ayumi Komura (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Outlaw: The Legend of Robin Hood Sam Hart, Artur Fujita • Barnes and Noble $10.25 1 $10.25
Yokaiden, Volume 2 Nina Matsumoto • Barnes and Noble $9.39 1 $9.39
Yokaiden, Volume 1 Nina Matsumoto • Barnes and Noble $9.36 1 $9.36
Refresh, Refresh Danica Novgorodoff, Benjamin Percy, James Ponsoldt • Barnes and Noble $15.38 1 $15.38
We Were There, Volume 9 Yuki Obata, Yuki Obata (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
X-Men: Magneto Testament Greg Pak, Carmine Di Giandomenico • Barnes and Noble $17.09 1 $17.09
The Storm in the Barn Matt Phelan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Katman Kevin C. Pyle • Barnes and Noble $11.10 1 $11.10
The Name of the Flower #4, Vol. 4 Ken Saito • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Cat Burglar Black Richard Sala • Barnes and Noble $14.52 1 $14.52
Cirque du Freak, Volume 1 Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $7.91 1 $7.91
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) L. Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow (Illustrator), William Wallace Denslow (Illustrator), J. T. Barbarese (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Frankenstein The Graphic Novel: Quick Text Mary Shelley • Barnes and Noble $14.49 1 $14.49
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Volume 1 Karuho Shiina, Karuho Shiina (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Volume 3 Karuho Shiina, Karuho Shiina (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Gunnerkrigg Court, Volume 1: Orientation Tom Siddell, Tom Siddell (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $23.04 1 $23.04
Pride of Baghdad Brian K. Vaughan, Todd Klein (Illustrator), Niko Henrichon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $9.35 1 $9.35
Karakuri Odette Volume 1 Julietta Suzuki • Barnes and Noble $9.39 1 $9.39
Karakuri Odette, Volume 2 Julietta Suzuki • Barnes and Noble $7.91 1 $7.91
Marvel Illustrated: Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde, Roy Thomas, Sebastian Fiumara • Barnes and Noble $17.09 1 $17.09
Romeo and Juliet The Graphic Novel: Original Text William Shakespeare, Clive Bryant (Editor), Jim Campbell (Illustrator), Jim Devlin (Illustrator), Will Volley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.49 1 $14.49
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: The Manga Edition Adam Sexton, William Shakespeare, Hyeondo Park • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Shakespeare's Hamlet Adam Sexton, William Shakespeare, Tintin Pantoja • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Shakespeare's MacBeth: The Manga Edition Adam Sexton, William Shakespeare, Eve Grandt, Candice Chow • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Twelfth Night (No Fear Shakespeare) William Shakespeare, Sparknotes Editors • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
The Tempest (No Fear Shakespeare) William Shakespeare, Sparknotes Editors, John Crowther (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 Stephenie Meyer, Young Kim (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels Scott Mccloud • Barnes and Noble $16.52 1 $16.52
Macbeth (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels Series) SparkNotes Editors, William Shakespeare, Ken Hoshine (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 2 $17.90
A Study in Scarlet: A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel (Illustrated Classics) Arthur Conan Doyle, I.N.J. Culbard (Illustrator), Adapted by Ian Edginton • Barnes and Noble $10.55 1 $10.55
The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel (Illustrated Classics Series) Arthur Conan Doyle, I.N.J. Culbard (Illustrator), Adapted by Ian Edginton • Barnes and Noble $10.55 1 $10.55

Materials cost

$513.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$556.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.13

Total project goal

$639.45

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

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