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Ms. Stressenger from Cape Elizabeth, ME is requesting supplies through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Stressenger's classroom raised $565

Fourth Grade Fiction Writers Seek Publishing Opportunity

My students need 130 blank hardcover books.

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Ms. Stressenger Pond Cove Elementary School
Cape Elizabeth, ME Grades 3-5

Please help us publish our fiction stories in picture book format to read to younger students in our school. We are a fourth grade in a public school in Maine. Our entire school is involved in a fiction writing project. We have been writing some great stories and would like to publish them to read to the younger students in our school.

We have worked really hard on these stories, but do not have the money to buy blank hardcover books or purchase the materials to make our own books. As in many communities, our school budget has been frozen for the remainder of the school year.

The entire fourth grade in our school is involved in a fiction writing project and our six fourth grade teachers have collaborated on the project under the mentorship of a published children's picture book author. Through our fiction writing project, our students have learned about the elements of good fiction and have applied this knowledge to our own stories. We need blank books for publishing our stories. When we have finished our drafts, we will carefully consider which text to place on each page of the books you provide for us. We will then illustrate our stories and read them to the younger students in our school. Blank books are all we need to make this project complete.

You will make is possible for us to celebrate our work. You will help us to feel like published authors by providing us with the means to publish our writing in a real book which we will cherish for years to come. Imagine our delight and pride when reading our books to the younger students in our school and our families at home!

130 students impacted 19 donors
Ms. Stressenger Pond Cove Elementary School Grades 3-5 Cape Elizabeth, ME View local requests 130 students impacted 19donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
AA774 - Blank Hardcover Book - Set of 10 • Lakeshore Learning $29.95 13 $389.35

Materials cost

$389.35

Vendor shipping charges

 $38.94

Sales tax

 $19.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.84

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$462.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.55

Total project goal

$564.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $564.15

19 Donors

-$564.15

Donations toward project cost

-$462.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$101.55

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