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Ms. Bailey from Greenville, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Boys

My students need 17 compelling fiction and informational books to fuel their desire to read including: Green Wilma, Why Vampire Bats Suck Blood, and Grossology.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Bailey's classroom raised $330

This project is fully funded

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

If a book is well written, I always find it too short." This quote by Jane Austen is the inspiration behind the selection of the books in this Books for Boys grant. We seek to add books to our collection that will leave readers, especially our boys, wanting more!

Students at our 100 percent poverty inner-city school have tremendous potential.

However, due to circumstances beyond their control, our students often begin school in a deficit. Many have the barrier of a new language to learn with family members often unable to assist them. Even if English is a student's primary language, many lack a solid early childhood learning foundation. Needless to say, our students and teachers have a lot of ground to cover particularly in the area of reading. Since literacy is critical to all other learning, we must foster in our students a desire to read. With that in mind, the addition of books that are eye-catching, scary, and even gross are ones we seek to add to our collection. Why? These are ones our students, especially boys, want to read!

My Project

"Finally, a library that understands me!" This was the happy comment a student made recently as he checked out books from our library. As the school librarian, it was thrilling that this young man found some books on our shelves that piqued his interest. It also fans the desire to have more of these high-interest books available. Too often, I have to tell students that books they want have already been checked out. This is partly due to the popularity of these titles but also because of our limited collection of these favorites. For our boys, frequently requested books range from ones on superheroes like Batman to scary stories to nonfictional topics like animals.

The donation of these books benefits our entire school.

This collection is for our library and while specifically geared to our guys will be available for all students to check out. Along with a variety of topics, these books have been selected to benefit students on all reading levels. In the long run, our students' increased interest in reading will have rippling effects as their improvements in literacy translate into gains in all academic areas.

Ms. Bailey Alexander 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.

Greenville, SC View local requests

Nearly all 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

380 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys • Follett $45.64 1 $45.64
Why Vampire Bats Suck Blood and Other Gross Facts about Animals • Follett $18.54 1 $18.54
Adventures of Daniel Boom • Follett $17.51 1 $17.51
Fix This Mess • Follett $13.51 1 $13.51
Green Wilma • Follett $12.41 1 $12.41
Fly High, Fly Guy • Follett $5.99 2 $11.98
Angry Army Ants Ambush Alabama • Follett $11.71 1 $11.71
Monster Mosquitoes of Maine • Follett $11.71 1 $11.71
The Wicked Waterpark of Wyoming • Follett $11.71 1 $11.71
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy • Follett $11.41 1 $11.41
Hooray for Fly Guy! • Follett $11.36 1 $11.36
Ed and Ted and Ted's Dog • Follett $9.91 1 $9.91
Grossology • Follett $9.39 1 $9.39
Batman the Brave and the Bold: Day of the Dark Knight • Follett $9.14 1 $9.14
Gross Out! Animals That Do Disgusting Things • Follett $9.14 1 $9.14
Batman, The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Friends • Follett $9.14 1 $9.14
Fly Guy's Amazing Tricks • Follett $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$230.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.45

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$279.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.39

Total project goal

$329.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $329.26

3 Donors

-$329.26

Donations toward project cost

-$279.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.39

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