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Ms. Buchanan from Paducah KY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books to Entice Students to Read More!

Help me give my students books in series and love and about their favorite subjects.

  • 1 donor
  • $385 still needed

expires Aug 29

  • 1 donor
  • $385 still needed
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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

My students all come from diverse backgrounds and want to read books from a variety of authors and illustrators. I also want them to see themselves in books that they read. They are also asking to fill in gaps from series that we have part of in the library already. They are also asking to get the newest books in the series. Many of these books are from their favorite authors or in a series that is always checked out.

My students need expanded horizons, and they need to see it in the literature they read.

Reading opens up their world through knowledge and imagination. Many of these titles are biographies, they love learning about a variety of people from diverse backgrounds. Other books are in series that students love and check out non-stop.

The machine is a great way to add years to library books' usefulness. It will help me add longevity to novels and to keep them in circulation longer.

Ms. Buchanan
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Thermal Binding Machine 500 Sheets Capacity Book Binding Material 110V Binding Machine A3(Short Edge)/A4/A5 Document Heat Binder • Amazon Business $62.99 1 $62.99
Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Poetry for Young People: Maya Angelou • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets (A Penelope Rex Book) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King • Amazon Business $15.52 1 $15.52
I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $15.26 1 $15.26
Poetry for Kids: Emily Dickinson • Amazon Business $14.74 1 $14.74
I am Mister Rogers (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Poetry for Kids: Walt Whitman • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Fright Club • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
What Is a Solar Eclipse? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Poetry for Kids: William Shakespeare • Amazon Business $13.94 1 $13.94
I am Leonardo da Vinci (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $13.81 1 $13.81
The Girl and the Dinosaur • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Escargot • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
I am Malala Yousafzai (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $12.94 1 $12.94
Fangsgiving • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
The Lost Library • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? • Amazon Business $11.78 1 $11.78
I am Dolly Parton (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Poetry for Kids: Robert Frost • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Ada Twist, Scientist: A Picture Book (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
I am Jim Henson (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
Who Was Betty White? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $5.62 1 $5.62
Who Is Taylor Swift? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.50 1 $5.50

Materials cost

$376.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$412.21

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.74

Total project goal

$484.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $484.95

1 Donor

-$100.00

Donations toward project cost

-$85.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $384.95

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