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Mrs. Stover from Rison AR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Student-led project

Books for Our Classroom Library

We need some fresh new book titles to keep these students reading!

  • $591 goal

This project expired on January 19, 2017.

This project expired on January 19, 2017.

About My Students

My students are talking about reading and I'm trying to keep the motivation going. Getting new books in the classroom creates excitement as well as conversations about books and authors. This is my second year to work with this group of teens and I am seeing them develop a love for reading and I'm always looking for ways to encourage that love. The main way I can do that is by talking about books and bringing new books into the classroom.

The high school students in my classroom have set reading goals of at least 4 choice books this year. I encourage them to choose books that interest them which means I need a wide variety of reading material available for them. They are racing through their goals and searching for new, interesting books to add to their lists. Your generous donation will give them the choices they need to meet their goals.

Having a classroom library increases their reading interests and keeps them taking about the books they read. Reading increases their vocabulary, comprehension, and writing skills as well as creating empathy. Life-long readers are life-long learner. With more book choices, they will read more and develop a life-long love of reading.

In Their Own Words

We want more books to choose from. Often the library does not have current books for us, so we use our classroom library to find our next book. As a class, we discuss what we're reading and get excited when we hear about a book another student is reading. This makes us want to read the book too. Having more books to choose from makes reading more fun.

I will spread the word of the project! I think by spreading it, it will help get donors so we can get this project in action. Plus my family and I might even donate! This project would be a good thing for our class because if it will give us more books to choose from.

When we first started this year, I chose a book called Summer of the Monkeys and It was by far one of the best books I've ever read but the school library does not have it. I was glad to be able to find it in Mrs. Stover's classroom and I will be recommending it to others. I have never enjoyed reading as much as I have this year!

Having more books to choose from makes reading fun!

Mrs. Stover
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Heroes of Olympus Paperback Boxed Set • Amazon Business $26.10 1 $26.10
The Crank Trilogy: Crank; Glass; Fallout • Amazon Business $23.18 1 $23.18
Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency • Amazon Business $20.98 1 $20.98
Into Thin Air • Amazon Business $19.69 1 $19.69
The Whistler • Amazon Business $17.37 1 $17.37
Home • Amazon Business $16.80 1 $16.80
The Woman in Cabin 10 • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
Sworn to Silence (Kate Burkholder) • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Drive • Amazon Business $12.57 1 $12.57
We Are Called to Rise: A Novel • Amazon Business $12.47 1 $12.47
The Cruelest Month: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel • Amazon Business $12.28 1 $12.28
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West • Amazon Business $10.84 1 $10.84
A Stolen Life: A Memoir • Amazon Business $10.81 1 $10.81
Breaking Silence (Kate Burkholder) • Amazon Business $10.78 1 $10.78
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog • Amazon Business $10.35 1 $10.35
The Likeness • Amazon Business $10.27 1 $10.27
The Light Between Oceans: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.11 1 $10.11
A Monster Calls: Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
Pray for Silence: A Thriller (Kate Burkholder) • Amazon Business $9.85 1 $9.85
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon Business $9.73 1 $9.73
The Girl on the Train • Amazon Business $9.60 1 $9.60
Ugly Love: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.52 1 $9.52
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith • Amazon Business $9.41 1 $9.41
Glass (Crank Trilogy) • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
Fallout (Crank) • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
Impulse • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
A Man Called Ove: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.04 1 $9.04
Alabama Moon • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Language of Flowers: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
First Blood • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dirt Road Home (Alabama Moon) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Fourmile • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Identical • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
Burned • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
Rumble • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
The Last Wish: Introducing The Witcher • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69

Materials cost

$426.14

Vendor shipping charges

$3.99

Sales tax

$35.16

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.39

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$501.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.53

Total project goal

$590.21

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

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