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Ms. Ellingsen from Seattle, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Amazing Nonfiction Reads!

Help me give my students the joy of nonfiction books for our school library.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ellingsen's classroom raised $996

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our school is a Title One school in an urban school district. My students love coming to the library and checking out books. The nonfiction section is used all the time. Classroom teachers often require there students to check out at least one or two nonfiction books when they are in the library.

Our nonfiction needs a little extra love!

Nonfiction books don’t tend to get the same attention as fiction books. The books on this list are award winners, favorite series, and interesting topics for my students.

I hope you can help me put these books into the hands of our students! Thank you for your time and generosity! Your donations are greatly appreciated.

Ms. Ellingsen Dunlap Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Seattle, WA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who Would Win Complete Collection | 25 Books | Book Series Kids • Amazon Business $76.99 1 $76.99
NEW SET! Disgusting Critters Series Complete 10 Books Set • Amazon Business $59.95 1 $59.95
What if You Had Animal Parts!? 7 Book Set • Amazon Business $42.97 1 $42.97
Monster Trucks (Blastoff Readers. Level 1) (Monster Machines) • Amazon Business $25.95 1 $25.95
Monster Cars (Blastoff! Readers: Monster Machines) • Amazon Business $25.95 1 $25.95
Weird But True Collector's Set (Boxed Set): 1,050 Outrageous Facts • Amazon Business $21.49 1 $21.49
Who Am I?: A Peek-Through-Pages Book of Endangered Animals • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles (Who Did It First?) • Amazon Business $18.93 1 $18.93
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists, 1) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Astronaut With a Song for the Stars: The Story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa (Amazing Scientists, 4) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
16 Words: William Carlos Williams and "The Red Wheelbarrow" • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
I'm Trying to Love Math • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art • Amazon Business $17.39 1 $17.39
Climate Action: What Happened and What We Can Do • Amazon Business $16.78 1 $16.78
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks (Volume 3) (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $16.59 1 $16.59
What Is a Refugee? • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
What Makes a Monster?: Discovering the World's Scariest Creatures (The World of Weird Animals) • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
The Bug Club • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
One Day: By the Numbers • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
We Listen to Our Bodies (We Say What's Okay Series) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Who Am I?: An Animal Guessing Game • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Hear My Voice/Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
National Geographic Readers: Cats vs. Dogs • Amazon Business $14.30 1 $14.30
Grand Canyon • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Everything Awesome About Space and Other Galactic Facts! • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists, 3) • Amazon Business $13.72 1 $13.72
Everything Awesome About Sharks and Other Underwater Creatures! • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Random Illustrated Facts: A Collection of Curious, Weird, and Totally Not Boring Things to Know • Amazon Business $12.24 1 $12.24
Everything Awesome About Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Beasts! • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Disasters by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics • Amazon Business $11.24 1 $11.24
ABC: Zooborns! • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
A Picture Book of Harry Houdini (Picture Book Biography) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement (Courageous Kids) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Can You Survive the Titanic?: An Interactive Survival Adventure (You Choose: Survival) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Farm: A 4D Book (A Visit to...) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
The Vegetables We Eat • Amazon Business $6.56 1 $6.56
What If You Had an Animal Tongue!? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Solar System: By The Numbers • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What If You Had Animal Eyes!? Level 2 Reader • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
What If You Had T. Rex Teeth?: And Other Dinosaur Parts Level 2 Reader • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Snuggle Up, ZooBorns!: Ready-to-Read Level 1 • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
What If You Had Animal Scales!?: Or other animal coats? • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
What If You Had T. Rex Teeth?: And Other Dinosaur Parts • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$740.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $64.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.11

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$846.55

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.39

Total project goal

$995.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $995.94

5 Donors

-$656.20

Donations toward project cost

-$560.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.43

match offer

-$336.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$285.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.43

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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