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

A Variety of Books for a Variety of Readers

Help me give my students the gift of reading for fun! This variety of fiction and nonfiction books will appeal to a wide range of readers and give them a choices.

  • $739 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Located in the north side of Chicago, my students are among a diverse community of learners with a variety of educational needs.

Like all kids, my students love having the opportunity explore and experiment and the school ibrary offers them a safe place to get creative and messy as they learn.

As they come in to the library, students are eager to get their hands on whatever learning tools they can, regardless of whether those tools are as low-tech as books and pencils or as high-tech as computers.

My Project

The books in this project have been selected to appeal to the wide range of students who use the library every week. These are the books that get cut because they do not meet a specific curricular need or are released after the library budget has already been submitted.

The fiction and nonfiction titles are appealing and entertaining and in most cases, serve as mirrors reflecting the lives of the students and also as windows, allowing the readers to observe the lives of others around them.

Reading a wide range of books and exploring different cultures allows our students to grow up to be empathetic and respectful adults.

Ms. K.
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dog Man: The Supa Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-6 Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $38.96 1 $38.96
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace • Amazon Business $18.59 1 $18.59
Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Kwanzaa • Amazon Business $17.90 1 $17.90
The Truth About Hawks (The Truth About Your Favorite Animals) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration • Amazon Business $16.97 1 $16.97
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
Prairie Lotus • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
The Great Nijinsky: God of Dance • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Not a Stick • Amazon Business $14.28 1 $14.28
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Bear Came Along • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
The Beast Player • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II • Amazon Business $13.51 1 $13.51
Bee-bim Bop! • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune • Amazon Business $13.31 1 $13.31
Scary Stories for Young Foxes • Amazon Business $13.26 1 $13.26
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belprxe9 • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Free Lunch • Amazon Business $12.82 1 $12.82
Hey, Water! • Amazon Business $12.74 1 $12.74
Where's Halmoni? • Amazon Business $12.68 1 $12.68
Narwhal and Jelly Box Set (Books 1, 2, 3, AND Poster) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Truth About Hippos: Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals (The Truth About Your Favorite Animals) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Genesis Begins Again • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
What Do You Do With an Idea? — New York Times best seller • Amazon Business $11.05 1 $11.05
Where the World Ends • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Truth About Crocodiles: Seriously Funny Facts about Your Favorite Animals (The Truth About Your Favorite Animals) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Eleanor & Park • Amazon Business $10.91 1 $10.91
xa1Vamos! Let's Go to the Market (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.85 1 $10.85
Not a Box • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Truth About Dolphins: Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals (The Truth About Your Favorite Animals) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
What Do You Do With a Problem? — New York Times best seller • Amazon Business $9.31 1 $9.31
Pumpkinheads • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong (1)) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
What Do You Do With a Chance? — New York Times best seller • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #7) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (A Sal and Gabi Novel, Book 1) (A Sal and Gabi Novel (1)) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Dragon Pearl (Rick Riordan Presents) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Olympians: Ares: Bringer of War • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Rosie Revere, Engineer • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Dog Man: Fetch-22: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #8) • Amazon Business $8.35 1 $8.35
Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Chinese New Year: With Fireworks, Dragons, and Lanterns • Amazon Business $7.82 1 $7.82
The Truth About Elephants: Seriously Funny Facts About Your Favorite Animals (The Truth About Your Favorite Animals) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Bringing In the New Year • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Dim Sum for Everyone! • Amazon Business $6.53 1 $6.53
The Game of Silence (Birchbark House) • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48

Materials cost

$588.61

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$627.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$110.72

Total project goal

$738.16

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $738.16

3 Donors

-$358.06

Donations toward project cost

-$323.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.96

match offer

-$358.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$304.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.06

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 $0.00

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