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Ms. April Johnson from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Our School Library

Help me give my students books that they can check out from our school library.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. April Johnson's classroom raised $723

This project is fully funded

My Students

The students at our school are great! They come to school prepared to learn and are very eager to gain as much knowledge as they can.

My students are ready to read books for their learning adventure!

When they come to school they are bright-eyed and ready to be engaged in the days lesson. The students are a fantastic group of kids. It's always heartwarming to see their smiles each day and hear their laughter. My students are the best!

My Project

Students will have a nice selection of books to check out from our school library. Currently, students have a small amount of books to choose from when visiting the library media center's easy and fiction sections.

Students will be so excited to see the library filled with wonderful new books for them to check out!

My students would greatly benefit from this project because they are eager to have a library that is accessible to them and one that has interesting books.

This project would allow students to check out more books to take home and read independently or with their parents. Books that they can be proud of!

Ms. April Johnson Woodlawn Community School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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

240 students impacted 3donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History • Amazon Business $12.39 5 $61.95
A Good Kind of Trouble • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just • Amazon Business $19.09 1 $19.09
Have You Thanked an Inventor Today? • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Bball Basics for Kids: A Basketball Handbook • Amazon Business $16.44 1 $16.44
President of the Whole Fifth Grade (President Series) • Amazon Business $7.89 2 $15.78
From the Desk of Zoe Washington • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Sulwe • Amazon Business $14.34 1 $14.34
Black Is a Rainbow Color • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
President of the Whole Sixth Grade (President Series) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Scribble Stones • Amazon Business $13.93 1 $13.93
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish Boxed Set: (My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish; The Seaquel; Fins of Fury) • Amazon Business $13.65 1 $13.65
Not Quite Snow White • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Princess Cupcake Jones Saddles Up! (Princess Cupcake Jones Series) • Amazon Business $12.81 1 $12.81
Just Like Me • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Super Simple Baking for Kids: Learn to Bake with over 55 Easy Recipes for Cookies, Muffins, Cupcakes and More! • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Clean Getaway • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Gary and the Great Inventors: It's Laundry Day! • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Becoming Brianna (Emmie & Friends) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Just Jaime (Emmie & Friends) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
For Black Girls Like Me • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Hair Love • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
Curlilocks and the Three Pink Pandas • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Curlilocks and the Sleepy Giant • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Curlilocks and the Big Bad Hairbrush • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Beautiful: A Girl's Trip Through the Looking Glass • Amazon Business $10.14 1 $10.14
Noise: A graphic novel based on a true story • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong (1)) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Some Places More Than Others • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
A Big Day for Baseball (Magic Tree House) • Amazon Business $8.35 1 $8.35
The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
Stand Up for Yourself & Your Friends: Dealing with Bullies & Bossiness and Finding a Better Way • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Ruby Flips For Attention (Ruby and the Booker Boys #4) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 3: Muffin Wars (Volume 3) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Miami Jackson Sees It Through (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) • Amazon Business $5.98 1 $5.98
Miami Jackson Makes the Play (A Stepping Stone Book) • Amazon Business $5.72 1 $5.72
Keena Ford and the Secret Journal Mix-Up • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Toeshoe Trouble (Sugar Plum Ballerinas, Book 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Sugar Plums to the Rescue! (Sugar Plum Ballerinas (5)) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Miami Gets It Straight (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) • Amazon Business $4.78 1 $4.78
Perfectly Prima (Sugar Plum Ballerinas (3)) • Amazon Business $4.29 1 $4.29
Who Are Venus and Serena Williams? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Was Maya Angelou? • Amazon Business $4.00 1 $4.00
Who Is Barack Obama? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Basketball's Greatest Players (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Is Michael Jordan? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49

Materials cost

$575.62

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$614.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$108.40

Total project goal

$722.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $722.65

2 Donors

-$361.32

Donations toward project cost

-$307.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.20

match offer

-$361.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$307.13

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$54.20

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