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Mrs. Ferber from Portland OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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2025 Oregon Battle of the Books Part 1

Help me give my students the books they need to be able to compete on OBOB (Oregon Battle Of the Books)

  • 2 donors
  • $375 goal

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My Project

In Oregon, there is a competition called OBOB (Oregon Battle of the Books) students work in teams of 5 to read the list of 16 competition books for the year. Then they battle against other teams answering content questions about the books. This last year I had WAY more students wanting to participate than I had books to give. So this coming year I want to be ahead of the game by starting now to fund books for my competitive teams. Our library also doesn't have any of these books to help support our kiddos.

In our school having our kids interested in reading and wanting to do extra is a huge deal, and I want to help support it by having enough books.

The batteries are for our timers because teams only have 15 seconds to answer the questions once they have been asked. So I have a timer per team so they can practice when they are not working with me.

Mrs. Ferber
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life • Amazon Business $12.59 2 $25.18
Marshmallow & Jordan • Amazon Business $12.29 2 $24.58
Frizzy • Amazon Business $10.39 2 $20.78
A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Before the Ever After • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Twins: A Graphic Novel (Twins #1) (1) • Amazon Business $8.93 2 $17.86
The Mystwick School of Musicraft (The Mystwick School, 1) • Amazon Business $8.86 2 $17.72
Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Leonard (My Life as a Cat) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Name of this Book Is Secret (The Secret Series, Book 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Circus Mirandus • Amazon Business $7.93 2 $15.86
Thirst • Amazon Business $7.50 2 $15.00
The House on Sunrise Lagoon: Sam Makes a Splash (The House on Sunrise Lagoon, 1) • Amazon Business $7.21 2 $14.42
The Wild Robot (Volume 1) (The Wild Robot, 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
J.D. and the Great Barber Battle (J.D. the Kid Barber) • Amazon Business $6.28 2 $12.56

Materials cost

$283.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$318.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.13

Total project goal

$374.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $374.21

1 Donor

-$249.47

Donations toward project cost

-$212.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.42

match offer

-$124.74

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.71

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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