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Mrs. Stevenson from Sanford, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book Buddies

My students need 5 copies each of 20 lively and entertaining books that they can read with a volunteer from the community.

  • $826 goal

This project expired on April 17, 2010.

This project expired on April 17, 2010.

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Mrs. Stevenson J.R. Ingram Junior Elementary School
Sanford, NC Grades 3-5

My school is located in a rural part of North Carolina. We serve children in grades K - 5 and we teach all subjects. Over half of the students we serve receive free or reduced lunch.

Many of the students we work with come from difficult home situations and are struggling with their reading and other subjects. They are not being read to or with and they do not have access to books at home due to financial issues in the family.

We need books to support a literacy program we have initiated this year called "Book Buddies". The premise behind this program is that we send a powerful message to children and families when volunteers from the community come in and read with our students twice a month. After reading the books the students are allowed to take the books home to build their own personal library.

Your support of this project will make it possible to put books in the hands of students and open the door of opportunity for them to have a positive literacy experience with a positive, caring volunteer from the community. These are the children who do not have regular access to books at home, who are not able to order books from book clubs or books fairs and who need a program like this to help to improve their literacy and hopefully promote a love for reading in the process.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 25 students impacted
Mrs. Stevenson J.R. Ingram Junior Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Sanford, NC 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

Never Before Funded 25 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Frog in the Bog Karma Wilson, Joan Rankin, Joan Rankin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Black and White David Macaulay • Barnes and Noble $7.19 5 $35.95
My Own Very Hungry Caterpillar Coloring Book Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 5 $26.95
Biscuit Finds a Friend (My First I Can Read Book Series) Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories, Pat Schories (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 5 $17.95
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin Jr., Lois Ehlert (Illustrator), John Archambault • Barnes and Noble $7.19 5 $35.95
Clifford at the Circus Norman Bridwell, Norman Bridwell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 5 $17.95
If You Take a Mouse to School Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 5 $67.95
The Way I Feel Janan Cain, Janan Cain (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 5 $35.75
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron, Ann Strugnell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 5 $22.45
What a Trip, Amber Brown Paula Danziger, Tony Ross (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 5 $17.95
Call Mr. Vasquez, He'll Fix It! Alice K. Flanagan, Christine Osinski (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 5 $31.25
Young Martin's Promise Walter Dean Myers, Barbara H. Bond (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.52 5 $32.60
Flat Stanley Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 5 $22.45
Talk about a Family Eloise Greenfield, James Calvin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 5 $22.45
Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People Dav Pilkey • Barnes and Noble $2.98 5 $14.90
My Man Blue Nikki Grimes, Jerome LaGarrigue (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 5 $31.45
Baseball Saved Us Ken Mochizuki, Dom Lee (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 5 $35.75
Barack Obama: An American Story Roberta Edwards, Ken Call (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 5 $22.45
Full Court Fever: An AllStar SportStory Fred Bowen, Ann Barrow (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.45 5 $22.25

Materials cost

$577.30

Vendor shipping charges

 $57.73

Sales tax

 $24.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.66

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$677.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.66

Total project goal

$825.89

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