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Mrs. Pagel from Madison WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Favorite Board Books Will Last For Years To Come!

My students need 51 board books to improve literacy, including familiar books, counting books and ABC books like Goodnight Moon, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, and Dr. Seuss.

  • $440 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our kindergarten kids love books! Before we start reading we chant, "We can do it! We can read!"

Our classroom is in an urban setting.

We have almost 70% low income students in our school overall. My classroom has many english language learners. Our students love to read books and they carefully chose books to keep in their book bins. They are learning to read the pictures, and sound out the words.

My Project

Our students love books, but Kinders are hard on books! Often our paperbacks get ripped, torn and pages fall out. By purchasing hard-paged board books, these books will last a long time in our classroom! The small size will also be perfect for small hands to read. I will read many of these books aloud to the students and then they will have a chance to re read themselves. Many of the books are alphabet and number books, so that even non-readers will be able to "read" the letters and read the pictures!

These books will last much longer than paperbacks in our classroom!

Kindergarten kids will read these ABC and number books for many years. I've chosen some old favorites, and some new ones perfect for learning number and letter skills.

Mrs. Pagel
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Brown Bear & Friends Board Book Gift Set (Brown Bear and Friends) • Amazon $17.24 1 $17.24
My First Farm Friends: Books in a Barn • Amazon $15.14 1 $15.14
Listen, Listen LB • Amazon $11.54 1 $11.54
Tabbed Board Books: My First Farm: Let's Get Working! (TAB BOARD BOOKS) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
ABC: A Child's First Alphabet Book • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
1 2 3 A Child's First Counting Book • Amazon $8.76 1 $8.76
Charley Harper 123s: Skinny Edition • Amazon $8.49 1 $8.49
Charley Harper ABCs: Skinny Edition • Amazon $8.49 1 $8.49
Goodnight Moon • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
Candy 1 to 20 • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
Little Blue Truck Board Book • Amazon $3.97 2 $7.94
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
This Tree, 1,2,3 • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
B Is for Bulldozer Board Book: A Construction ABC • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Big Red Barn • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
1-2-3 Peas (Classic Board Books) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
LMNO Peas (Classic Board Books) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
My Big Farm Book (My Big Board Books) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
ABC Animals (AMNH ABC Board Books) • Amazon $7.15 1 $7.15
123 Zoo (Cool Counting Books) • Amazon $7.15 1 $7.15
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? • Amazon $6.50 1 $6.50
Big Girl Panties • Amazon $6.39 1 $6.39
Farmyard Beat • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Wheels on the Bus (Raffi Songs to Read) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Farm • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Five Little Ducks (Raffi Songs to Read) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
National Geographic Little Kids Look and Learn: Count • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Duck & Goose, 1, 2, 3 • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (A Five Little Monkeys Story) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Brian Wildsmith's ABC • Amazon $6.25 1 $6.25
Penguins ABC • Amazon $6.25 1 $6.25
Penguins 123 • Amazon $6.25 1 $6.25
Fisher-Price Little People Farm (Lift-the-Flap) • Amazon $5.64 1 $5.64
We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Classic Board Books) • Amazon $5.51 1 $5.51
Little Blue Truck Leads the Way board book • Amazon $5.49 1 $5.49
My First ABC Board Book (My 1st Board Books) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Old Macdonald Had a Farm (Classic Books) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
My First Farm Board Book (My 1st Board Books) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
My First Number Board Book (My 1st Board Books) • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Curious George's 1 to 10 and Back Again • Amazon $5.35 1 $5.35
Curious George's ABCs • Amazon $5.35 1 $5.35
Sheep in a Jeep • Amazon $5.31 1 $5.31
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Chicka Chicka Book, A) • Amazon $4.85 1 $4.85
Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
The Alphabet Book (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Ten Apples Up on Top! (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Eating the Alphabet • Amazon $3.84 1 $3.84
Rio: Birds of a Feather • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
Farm Animals (A Chunky Book(R)) • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks from A to Z (A Chunky Book(R)) • Amazon $2.50 1 $2.50

Materials cost

$338.11

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$373.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.86

Total project goal

$439.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$439.04

11 Donors

-$297.86

Donations toward project cost

-$271.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.68

match offer

-$120.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$102.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.18

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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