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Mr. Litt from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Paper Copy of Bud, Not Buddy for each Student

Help me give my students a copy of an amazing, meaningful book on adolescence, Civil Rights issues, Black History, Jazz, and music history.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Litt's classroom raised $239

This project is fully funded

My Students

We are an inquisitive, fun, smart, and excited community of learners. We are diverse in every sense of the word - culturally, economically, racially, linguistically. Our school was rated one of the most diverse schools in Oakland, pulling from many socioeconomic levels. We are proud of our cooperation and support of the children. We come together in the classroom to create a common learning community.

We need paper books now, more than ever, in this time of technology based distance learning!

We exist online competently (our district is based on Google Drive accounts and Chromebooks), but our minds and eyes need paper books to deepen literacy and learn about our world.

My Project

To really bring up reading comprehension and strength, we read paper books often.

Free choice is important, but I also assign books to have an experience of literary discussion and focus as a whole class.

This is also to broaden their horizons on types of fiction by requiring they read this.

"Bud Not Buddy" has so much; adolescence, Civil Rights, humor, music and jazz history, important racial perspectives, and much more. It is at a perfect reading level for the 4/5 combo class, being not too hard and not too easy.

Mr. Litt Glenview Elementary School Grades 3-5 Oakland, CA View local requests

More than a third of 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

24 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bud, Not Buddy • AKJ Education $6.29 24 $150.96

Materials cost

$150.96

Vendor shipping charges

$6.00

Sales tax

$13.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$203.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$35.83

Total project goal

$238.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$238.86

1 Donor

-$238.86

Donations toward project cost

-$203.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.83

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$0.00

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