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Mrs. Plein from Danville IA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Bonkers for Books!

My students need 10 new chapter books to check out from my classroom library as our district implements the Daily 5 and CAFE reading programs.

  • $179 goal

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My Students

Serving students in grades K-12 requires an extensive library!

I serve students in grades 4-6 through Title I Reading, but also serve students K-12 through the Talented and Gifted program.

Students of all ages and reading abilities come to my room to check out books that are either checked-out from our small school library, or are not available in our library at all. Our elementary students are especially fired up about reading this year as we implemented the Daily 5 and CAFE reading programs. Keeping them matched with good fit books can be a challenge and requires a large collection of literature!

My Project

Many of my students hunger for the chance to read a great book. This year it seems there are many titles that they are "buzzing" about. Students from the Title I Reading program, to the Talented and Gifted Program are reading the Percy Jackson and Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. The Hunger Games series has become a big hit with the upper elementary and junior high students who have been introduced to the first book. They can't wait to get their hands on books two and three! I also have students who are not yet voracious readers. My goal is to motivate them with these popular titles.

Please help me pass on my love and enthusiasm for reading!

Many students have limited access to books at home, and few are taken to the public library. School is the place to get books in their hands and foster the life-long love of reading!

Mrs. Plein
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Beyond the Grave (The 39 Clues Series #4) Jude Watson • AKJ BOOKS $8.88 1 $8.88
The Magician's Elephant Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $11.61 1 $11.61
The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #5) Jeff Kinney • AKJ BOOKS $7.95 1 $7.95
Catching Fire (Hunger Games Series #2) Suzanne Collins • AKJ BOOKS $9.99 1 $9.99
Mockingjay (Hunger Games Series #3) Suzanne Collins • AKJ BOOKS $9.99 1 $9.99
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Three Volume Boxed Set Rick Riordan • AKJ BOOKS $11.39 1 $11.39
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #4), Vol. 4 Rick Riordan • AKJ BOOKS $6.83 1 $6.83
The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set C. S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $25.00 1 $25.00
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #5) Rick Riordan • AKJ BOOKS $9.99 1 $9.99
The Mysterious Benedict Society and The Prisoner's Dilemma (Mysterious Benedict Society Series #3) Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka (Illustrator) • AKJ BOOKS $5.97 1 $5.97

Materials cost

$107.60

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$7.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$151.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$26.75

Total project goal

$178.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$178.33

5 Donors

-$178.33

Donations toward project cost

-$151.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.75

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$0.00

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