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

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2025 Monarch Award Books

Help me give my students the 2025 Illinois Monarch Award Nominee books to instill a love of reading and expose them to varied fiction and informational texts.

  • 3 donors
  • $340 goal

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My Project

Our kindergarten through third-grade students enjoyed reading the 2024 Illinois Monarch Award books this school year.

The 20 books on the 2025 Illinois Monarch Award Nominee list will expose our students to fiction and informational texts from a variety of authors and engage students in reading for pleasure and learning.

These books will first be used for whole-class storytimes and will then be available for students to check out and read at home or in their classroom. Because we share the experience of reading them together, these books are always a hit.

Ms. Calentine
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hidden Animal Colors • Amazon Business $21.57 1 $21.57
I Am the Shark • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Wildfire! • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
Rise to the Sky: How the World's Tallest Trees Grow Up • Amazon Business $18.41 1 $18.41
Dragon Bones: The Fantastic Fossil Discoveries of Mary Anning • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Jackie and the Mona Lisa • Amazon Business $16.01 1 $16.01
There's a Ghost In This House • Amazon Business $15.91 1 $15.91
Grandpa Grumps • Amazon Business $15.21 1 $15.21
Invasion of the Unicorns • Amazon Business $14.83 1 $14.83
Tiger Trouble (Tig and Lily Book 1): (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Gibberish • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Destiny Finds Her Way: How a Rescued Baby Sloth Learned to Be Wild (Baby Animal Tales) • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
Cornbread & Poppy (Cornbread and Poppy, 1) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Norman Didn't Do It!: (Yes, He Did) • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Lou: A Children's Picture Book About a Fire Hydrant and Unlikely Neighborhood Hero • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Big Truck Little Island • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19

Materials cost

$254.54

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$288.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$50.89

Total project goal

$339.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $339.25

2 Donors

-$152.82

Donations toward project cost

-$144.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.64

match offer

-$169.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$144.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.80

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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