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Ms. McDonough from Portland ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Birthday (Chapter) Books!

Help me give my students chapter books to pick from as their Birthday Gift!

  • $615 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are an amazing group of diverse learners in Maine. We have students from all economic circumstances, many of whom are English Language Learners. We are in an urban environment located on the coast of Maine.

Students at our school need rich learning opportunities, facilitated by knowing teachers.

Due to the various backgrounds of our student body, we are in need of materials and tools to narrow the experiential gap of our students, especially those tools which strengthen language development. Our school is an important part of our local community and strengthening our community connection is a priority.

My Project

This is a project that supports the Birthday Book Cart, where all students at my school can come pick a book from on their birthday.

This project includes only books that students requested, that they want available on their birthday!

I believe that building a love of literacy is very important and this love of books can carry on with students long past the days of school. I want all students to be excited to pick a book that they really want. That is why I asked students to make me a list of books that they wanted and here it is! Thank you for considering this project and have a great day!

Ms. McDonough
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who Was? and What Is? America Collection Boxed Set 25 books • Amazon Business $105.00 1 $105.00
Roald Dahl Collection 16 Books Box Set • Amazon Business $47.88 1 $47.88
A Dog's Promise: A Novel (A Dog's Purpose) • Amazon Business $13.49 3 $40.47
Lily's Story: A Puppy Tale • Amazon Business $8.49 3 $25.47
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $24.49 1 $24.49
Fish in a Tree • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Out of My Mind • Amazon Business $7.89 2 $15.78
Rigorous Reading: Hatchet • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Wonder • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
Dog's Journey Movie Tie-In (A Dog's Purpose) • Amazon Business $9.56 1 $9.56
Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard: A Peter Nimble Adventure • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes (Peter Nimble Adventure) • Amazon Business $8.96 1 $8.96
Max's Story: A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tale (A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tales) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Toby's Story: A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tale (A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tales) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Hatchet: An Instructional Guide for Literature - Novel Study Guide for 4th-8th Grade Literature with Close Reading and Writing Activities (Great Works Classroom Resource) • Amazon Business $8.40 1 $8.40
Shakespeare's Secret • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Holes (Holes Series) • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
A Dog's Way Home • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Rules (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.41 1 $7.41
Half a Chance • Amazon Business $7.32 1 $7.32
Rain Reign • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon Business $7.17 1 $7.17
Touch Blue • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
One for the Murphys • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Masterpiece • Amazon Business $6.19 1 $6.19
Hatchet • Amazon Business $6.17 1 $6.17
Wolf Keepers • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Pax • Amazon Business $5.87 1 $5.87
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon Business $5.29 1 $5.29
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49

Materials cost

$462.48

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$23.12

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$522.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.21

Total project goal

$614.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$614.75

3 Donors

-$307.37

Donations toward project cost

-$261.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.10

match offer

-$307.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$261.27

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$46.11

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$0.00

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