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Ms. Shigenaga from Hilo, HI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books, Books, Books!

Help me give my students more books for read aloud time at the carpet.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Shigenaga's classroom raised $496

This project is fully funded

My Project

Our classroom library can never have too many books to read. I love reading aloud amazing stories to my third graders. I have been slowly building our classroom library with a project here and a project there. My students need a wide selection of books to read, listen to for read alouds or for mentor texts for writing.

I believe that children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something teachers make you do in school.

Having a great variety of books to read in our classroom will help me instill the love of reading in each and every one of my students. We want to be able to read all types of books in our classroom, but we need your help please!

Ms. Shigenaga Waiakea 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.

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More than half 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

19 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Night Box • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
How to Spook a Ghost (8) (Magical Creatures and Crafts) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Backwards Birthday Party • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
If a T. Rex Crashes Your Birthday Party • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
The Lucky Grapes: A New Year's Eve Story • Amazon Business $16.77 1 $16.77
Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire (The World of Gustavo) • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
There's a Ghost In This House • Amazon Business $15.91 1 $15.91
Grumpy New Year • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Witchling's Wish • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
How to Have a Birthday • Amazon Business $14.73 1 $14.73
The Christmas Book Flood • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Heart String • Amazon Business $13.80 1 $13.80
A Pinch of Love • Amazon Business $12.85 1 $12.85
The Half Birthday Book • Amazon Business $12.77 1 $12.77
Pick a Pumpkin • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Hardly Haunted • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon • Amazon Business $12.31 1 $12.31
LOVE • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Scariest Book in the Whole Entire World (Entire World Books) • Amazon Business $11.96 1 $11.96
Skulls! • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Vampenguin • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Leila, the Perfect Witch (The World of Gustavo) • Amazon Business $11.28 1 $11.28
The Pink Ghost • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Valentine's Guest House (Child's Play Library) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Sir Simon: Super Scarer • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Which Way to Witch School? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$369.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.25

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$421.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.30

Total project goal

$495.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $495.34

1 Donor

-$210.52

Donations toward project cost

-$210.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$247.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$210.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$37.15

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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