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Ms. Roohi from Anchorage AK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our Students Need Stimulating New Books Part 2

My students need engaging new fiction and non-fiction books including "Minion," "Sunny Side Up" and "Unwanteds" to keep them reading in these challenging middle school years.

  • $1,569 goal

This project expired on January 13, 2016.

This project expired on January 13, 2016.

My Students

I'm trying to turn my students into addicts. Book addicts. Remember when you were a kid and you just had to finish a good book? Those are the kinds of books I want to offer to my students. Middle school is a crucial time when kids can fall away from reading, but with the right books they won't.

My students are a mixture of seventh and eighth graders who often come from high achieving households, and are pushed even harder by their teachers.

They are pressed to read, and many of them come to the library every day. They are always looking for something new, and it is a stretch for our budget to keep up with them. There are no bookstores or libraries (except ours!) on this side of town, so they turn to us for their reading needs. They know when the latest books are coming out, but they have no way to get them unless we provide them. So they show up in the library wanting to know if we have the new books yet. It is hard keeping up with these ambitious students!

My Project

All the books requested for this project are popular titles that our students have been requesting in the last few months, or they are a new book by one of their favorite authors. Students have been asking us repeatedly for these books, and so they will snatch them up as soon as they arrive. Providing new and popular books creates excitement in the library so that students come by frequently to see what the new arrivals are. They also browse the shelves to see what else is here and frequently find other gems. Having new arrivals draws students in and gives them more opportunities to read and develop their love for reading!

When students know that the library is up to date, they are more likely to see it as relevant to their lives, and to use it for any reason, whether for recreational reading or for school research.

Ms. Roohi
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bakuman. Complete Box Set (Volumes 1-20 with premium) • Amazon Business $97.67 1 $97.67
Giraffes (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $38.50 1 $38.50
Walruses (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $38.50 1 $38.50
Snakes (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $38.50 1 $38.50
Sea Turtles (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $38.50 1 $38.50
Parrots (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $38.50 1 $38.50
Hummingbirds (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $38.50 1 $38.50
How to Draw: drawing and sketching objects and environments from your imagination • Amazon Business $38.42 1 $38.42
Bison (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $37.10 1 $37.10
Frogs (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $37.10 1 $37.10
Zebras (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $36.72 1 $36.72
Dolphins (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $34.68 1 $34.68
Bioluminescence: Nature and Science at Work (Nonfiction - Young Adult) • Amazon Business $34.65 1 $34.65
Swans (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $34.62 1 $34.62
How to Start Your Own Band (Garage Bands) • Amazon Business $32.95 1 $32.95
Information Insecurity: Privacy Under Siege (Nonfiction - Young Adult) • Amazon Business $32.89 1 $32.89
The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games (Schiffer Book for Collectors) • Amazon Business $32.54 1 $32.54
Koalas (Living Wild) • Amazon Business $32.33 1 $32.33
Science Fair Winners: Experiments To Do On Your Family • Amazon Business $24.90 1 $24.90
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West • Amazon Business $19.88 1 $19.88
Airborn • Amazon Business $19.00 1 $19.00
The Marvels • Amazon Business $17.78 1 $17.78
Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $17.06 1 $17.06
Rookie (Lorimer Podium Sports Academy) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Lord of the Flies (Penguin Drop Caps) • Amazon Business $15.92 1 $15.92
Sunny Side Up • Amazon Business $15.68 1 $15.68
March: Book Two • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
The Big Splash • Amazon Business $15.26 1 $15.26
Iceman • Amazon Business $15.03 1 $15.03
Out of My Mind • Amazon Business $14.21 1 $14.21
Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke and Bone) • Amazon Business $13.93 1 $13.93
Reawakened (The Reawakened Series) • Amazon Business $13.76 1 $13.76
Prairie Fire (Fiction - Young Adult) • Amazon Business $13.61 1 $13.61
Justice (Lawless) • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
The Quick Fix (Big Splash) • Amazon Business $13.56 1 $13.56
Salmon: Running the Gauntlet (Nature) • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
Waking Storms (The Lost Voices Trilogy) • Amazon Business $13.33 1 $13.33
Streetball Crew Book One Sasquatch in the Paint • Amazon Business $13.33 1 $13.33
Minion • Amazon Business $13.33 1 $13.33
The Sixth Man (The Triple Threat, 2) • Amazon Business $13.31 1 $13.31
First Ladies (DK Eyewitness Books) • Amazon Business $13.08 1 $13.08
School for Sidekicks • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
Public School Superhero • Amazon Business $12.15 1 $12.15
The Unwanteds • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
Mark of the Thief (Mark of the Thief, Book 1) • Amazon Business $12.08 1 $12.08
Hunter (Super Human) • Amazon Business $12.06 1 $12.06
Wintergirls • Amazon Business $11.92 1 $11.92
Ruined: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.46 1 $11.46
Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider) • Amazon Business $11.42 1 $11.42
Waterfire Saga, Book Two: Rogue Wave (A Waterfire Saga Novel) • Amazon Business $11.38 1 $11.38
The Sky Is Everywhere • Amazon Business $11.34 1 $11.34
This Is What Happy Looks Like • Amazon Business $11.31 1 $11.31
The Geography of You and Me • Amazon Business $11.25 1 $11.25
Game Seven • Amazon Business $11.24 1 $11.24
Redeemed (The Missing) • Amazon Business $10.09 1 $10.09
The Astounding Broccoli Boy • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
Switch • Amazon Business $9.53 1 $9.53
A Night Divided • Amazon Business $9.34 1 $9.34
Totem • Amazon Business $5.71 1 $5.71

Materials cost

$1,265.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.98

3rd party payment processing fee

$18.98

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,333.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$235.24

Total project goal

$1,568.28

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