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Ms. Quirk from Minneapolis, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Author Study Books with Surprise Ending

Help me give my students some amazing books to learn about a local author and illustrator.

  • $206 goal

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My Project

We have invited a local author and illustrator to our school in the spring to have her talk with our youngest readers and writers about her process and a quick drawing lesson. We'd like to prepare our students by doing an author study. We will be reading several of the author/illustrator's books and talking about the themes and experiences that the characters go through.

The experiences that the characters go through are directly linked to those experiences of our preschool and kindergarten students.

This age group is often overlooked and we want to provide students with an inspirational opportunity where they can get excited about reading and writing!

Ms. Quirk
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Like Me! (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
How to Lose All Your Friends (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
ABC I Like Me! • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Henry and the Bully • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
I Don't Like to Read! • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
First Grade, Here I Come! • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $6.70 2 $13.40
This Morning Sam Went to Mars: A book about paying attention • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Arnie and the New Kid (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
Armond Goes to a Party: A book about Asperger's and friendship • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99

Materials cost

$142.24

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$174.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.77

Total project goal

$205.14

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $205.14

2 Donors

-$127.56

Donations toward project cost

-$108.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.13

match offer

-$77.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$65.94

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.64

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 $0.00

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