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Mr. Comrie from Collinsville, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Library to be Proud of!

My students need an updated library that meets their needs as readers and learners.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Comrie's classroom raised $676

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are a wonderful group each year. The classroom these books will help support is an inclusion classroom. That means the students within the classroom range from students that need a little extra support to students that are gifted.

As each new year begins the students are full of energy and are ready to learn.

This group will be no different. With students coming from many different ethic and social backgrounds it makes for a wonderful group of kids.

My Project

Having a full classroom library allows the students an assortment of options when trying to find what they like to read. Having a variety of different sets also allows the students to continue reading a series that they find appealing.

Reading is an excellent way for a student to not only learn but to enjoy other worlds.

With the series I have chosen the students will be able to enjoy literary classics, biographies, thrillers, and contemporary novels. These series include the Who Is (Was) book series, classic literature (such as Dracula, Little Women, etc.), All the Wrong Questions series, and other high interest books. These books range from low to high reading abilities so finding a book for struggling readers and finding a book that challenges my higher ability levels becomes easier.

I have always valued having a library in my classroom that meets the needs of my students. I also put a great deal of emphasis on encouraging and helping students find a love of reading. Having a wide variety of books allows me to help students find the book that could potentially lead them down a path to a joy for reading.

Mr. Comrie Dorris Intermediate School Grades 6-8

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Illustrated Edition • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide • Amazon Business $15.61 1 $15.61
Scary Stories Paperback Box Set: The Complete 3-Book Collection • Amazon Business $13.97 1 $13.97
Who Was Bruce Lee? • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
What Is the Declaration of Independence? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Who Was Amelia Earhart? • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Who Was Booker T. Washington? • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Who Was Neil Armstrong? • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Where Is the Taj Mahal? • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Where Is Our Solar System? • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Who Was Ben Franklin? • Amazon Business $5.97 2 $11.94
Who Was Anne Frank? • Amazon Business $5.39 2 $10.78
Who Was Alexander Hamilton? • Amazon Business $5.07 2 $10.14
Who Was Helen Keller? • Amazon Business $4.71 2 $9.42
The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning • Amazon Business $9.02 1 $9.02
Little Women (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey • Amazon Business $8.86 1 $8.86
The Enchantress Returns (The Land of Stories) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Dracula (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms • Amazon Business $7.64 1 $7.64
Who Was Claude Monet? • Amazon Business $3.58 2 $7.16
Who Was Alfred Hitchcock? • Amazon Business $3.56 2 $7.12
Who Was Pablo Picasso? • Amazon Business $3.54 2 $7.08
Anne of Green Gables (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Walden (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Picture of Dorian Gray (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Secret Garden (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Who Was Andy Warhol? • Amazon Business $3.19 2 $6.38
Where Is the Amazon? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Treasure Island (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Malala Yousafzai? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Cesar Chavez? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is George Lucas? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Queen Victoria? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Sacagawea? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Clara Barton? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Frida Kahlo? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Was the Age of the Dinosaurs? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Was the San Francisco Earthquake? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Was the Great Chicago Fire? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Was Hurricane Katrina? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Was the Underground Railroad? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
White Fang (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Frankenstein (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Is the Colosseum? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Are the Great Pyramids? (Where Is?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Gandhi? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Is the Great Barrier Reef? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Was Michael Jackson? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Where Is the Parthenon? • Amazon Business $5.97 1 $5.97
"Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights?" (All the Wrong Questions) • Amazon Business $5.90 1 $5.90
Who Was Blackbeard? • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Who Was Elvis Presley? • Amazon Business $5.03 1 $5.03
A Christmas Carol (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (AmazonClassics Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was Jackie Robinson? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Were the Beatles? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Was William Shakespeare? • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Who Was Sitting Bull? • Amazon Business $4.68 1 $4.68
Who Was Roberto Clemente? • Amazon Business $4.35 1 $4.35
Where Is the Great Wall? • Amazon Business $4.31 1 $4.31
Who Was Thomas Jefferson? • Amazon Business $4.28 1 $4.28
Who Is Derek Jeter? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.27 1 $4.27
Who Was Rachel Carson? • Amazon Business $4.20 1 $4.20
What Was Pompeii? • Amazon Business $4.19 1 $4.19
Who Was Eleanor Roosevelt? • Amazon Business $4.19 1 $4.19
Who Was Davy Crockett? • Amazon Business $3.77 1 $3.77
"Shouldn't You Be in School?" (All the Wrong Questions) • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49
Who Was George Washington? • Amazon Business $3.39 1 $3.39
Who Is Bill Gates? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $3.37 1 $3.37
Who Was Harriet Tubman? • Amazon Business $3.29 1 $3.29

Materials cost

$536.44

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.05

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$574.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.38

Total project goal

$675.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$675.87

3 Donors

-$337.94

Donations toward project cost

-$287.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.69

match offer

-$337.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$287.24

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.69

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$0.00

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