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Mrs. Curtis from Marlette MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Books to Build a Lifetime Love for Reading!

Help me give my students wonderful literature that will entice them to want to become lifelong readers.

  • $206 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

We are a small school in a rural community. In my Young Fives classroom, the children are old enough for kindergarten but not ready for it. They will need another year for either social or academic growth or both.

My students come from rural low-income families that need the opportunity to experience new things.

The children have little to no school experiences. I try to give them hands-on learning experiences that will develop their skills and a love for learning.

My Project

I want to give my student the opportunity to listen to and look at good literature. I will read the books and then the books will be displayed on a book shelf for all children to read. My classroom bookshelf is open to all of the students throughout the school day and they are drawn to this corner of our room. Children are fascinated by books, especially books about animals and their lifestyles.

My hope is that having more books to share with my children will allow them to become great readers and instill a love for reading that will last them a lifetime.

Mrs. Curtis
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
AlphaTales Box Set: A Set of 26 Irresistible Animal Storybooks That Build Phonemic Awareness & Teach Each letter of the Alphabet • Amazon Business $44.91 1 $44.91
Are You a Baby Reindeer? • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell: Learning About Your Five Senses (The Amazing Body) • Amazon Business $8.30 1 $8.30
Turkey Trouble • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Run, Turkey, Run! • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Turkey for Thanksgiving • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I Am Earth: An Earth Day Book for Kids • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Are You a Spider? (Backyard Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Are You a Butterfly? (Backyard Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Are You a Grasshopper? (Backyard Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Reindeer (A Day in the Life: Polar Animals) • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Are You an Ant? (Backyard Books) • Amazon Business $5.87 1 $5.87
I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (Little Green Books) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle: A Story About Recycling (Little Green Books) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Chicken (Life Cycles) • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49

Materials cost

$142.25

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$174.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$30.77

Total project goal

$205.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$205.15

2 Donors

-$205.15

Donations toward project cost

-$174.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.77

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$0.00

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