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Mrs. Sorensen from Temecula, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Battle of the Books

Help me give my students books that will help them learn, grow, and enjoy reading!

  • $1,202 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

This project helps get a variety of different kinds of books in students hands. There will be something for everyone's interests from the One and Only Ivan to Frindle to the Chocolate Touch to the Boxcar Children to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days and more!

This project will provide interesting books for students that will help them grow, learn, and, most importantly, help them enjoy books!

Our goal is to increase reading comprehension and create life-long readers. Your donation can help make this happen! Thank you for your consideration for our project.

Mrs. Sorensen Tony Tobin Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Temecula, CA View local requests 155 students impacted 18donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Infamous Ratsos • Amazon Business $6.99 21 $146.79
Tornado (Trophy Chapter Book) • Amazon Business $6.99 18 $125.82
The One and Only Ivan • AKJ Education $6.56 18 $118.08
The Lemonade War • AKJ Education $7.29 12 $87.48
The Chocolate Touch • AKJ Education $7.29 12 $87.48
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! • Amazon Business $5.99 14 $83.86
The Boxcar Children • AKJ Education $5.83 12 $69.96
Freckle Juice • AKJ Education $4.37 14 $61.18
A Tangle of Knots • Amazon Business $8.99 5 $44.95
Frindle • Amazon Business $5.34 7 $37.38
Boxes for Katje (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $18.25 1 $18.25
Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team • Amazon Business $14.52 1 $14.52

Materials cost

$895.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $81.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,021.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$180.20

Total project goal

$1,201.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,201.35

2 Donors

-$1,201.35

Donations toward project cost

-$1,021.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$180.20

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