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Ms. Dunn from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books To Study New York City

My students need 38 books to learn about the history of New York City.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Dunn's classroom raised $641

This project is fully funded

I teach 2nd grade in a low-income community in Brooklyn. Despite some really dire circumstances, my students come to school every day wanting to learn. Their desire learn and the wonderful and exciting questions that they generate keep me excited to be going to work every day.

The 2nd grade curriculum revolves around a study of our community, and the boroughs of New York City both today, and long ago. This is an area where my students really struggle. They know that they live in Brooklyn, but they have very little concept of New York City as a whole. In order to teach my students about both the history and general location of New York, I need books. I need books about every borough. I need books about famous buildings. And I need books about many of the wonderful historic events that took place here.

You can help bring these books to my classroom. These books will provide my students with the necessary background knowledge to learn about New York and to really appreciate the amazing city in which they live. These books will also provide my students the opportunity to do their own research about things in New York and to work together in groups. Literacy is part of everything that we do in the classroom.

These books will really support the great work that my students are already doing. They don't have a lot of background of knowledge about the city in which they live and having access to these books in our classroom will not only make our study of New York City more palatable to them, but will also enable them to get the most out of the city itself and to really appreciate the best place on earth!

Ms. Dunn PS 335 Granville T Woods Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Was Dreaming to Come to America: Memories from the Ellis Island Oral History Project Veronica Lawlor, Foreword by Rudolph W. Giuliani • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol James Warhola • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women Lynne Cheney, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator), Robin Preiss-Glasser (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.98 1 $6.98
My Subway Ride Paul DuBois Jacobs, Jennifer Swender, The New York Transit Museum, Selina Alko (Illustrator), Jennifer Swender (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building Deborah Hopkinson, James Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Statue of Liberty (Ready-to Read Level 1) (Wonders of America Series) Marion Dane Bauer, John Wallace (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Statue of Liberty: (Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 2 Book) Penner • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Broadway Barks Bernadette Peters, Liz Murphy (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Metropolitan Museum of Art Can You Find It Inside?: Search and Discover for Young Art Lovers Jessica Schulte • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Ellis Island: Doorway to Freedom Steven Kroll, Karen Ritz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
We Came Through Ellis Island: The Immigrant Adventures of Emma Markowitz Gare Thompson, Nancy Feresten (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Ellis Island Richard Conrad Stein, R. Conrad Stein • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Staten Island Ferry Tale Catherine Avery St Jean, Paul Frahm (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
The Old Pirate of Central Park Robert Priest • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Didi and Daddy on the Promenade Marilyn Singer, Marie-Louise Gay (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
The Brooklyn Bridge: The Story of the World's Most Famous Bridge and the Remarkable Family That Built It Elizabeth Mann, Alan Witschonke (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing April Jones Prince, Francois Roca (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
Brooklyn Bridge Lynn Curlee, Lynn Curlee (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.09 1 $17.09
Times Square Wende Fazio • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Victorian Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes David C. King • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
On This Spot: An Expedition Back Through Time Susan E. Goodman, Lee Christiansen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Colony of New York: A Primary Source History Melody S. Mis • Barnes and Noble $19.12 1 $19.12
Building Manhattan Laura Vila • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
If You Lived 100 Years Ago McGovern, Anna DiVito (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Harlem Stomp!: A Cultural History of the Harlem Renaissance Laban Carrick Hill, Christopher Myers (Illustrator), Foreword by Nickki Giovanni • Barnes and Noble $17.09 1 $17.09
Cricket in Times Square George Selden, Garth Williams (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Coming to America: A Muslim Family's Story Bernard Wolf, Bernard Wolf (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Mi Barrio (My Neighborhood) George Ancona, With Alma Flor Ada, With F. Isabel Campoy • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Brooklyn Pops Up Pamela Thomas, various artists (Illustrator), Contribution by David Carter • Barnes and Noble $20.69 1 $20.69
The Tale of Pale Male: A True Story Jeanette Winter • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
Building the New York Subway Andrew Santella, Andrew Santella (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $23.40 1 $23.40
Statue of Liberty Marion Dane Bauer, John Wallace (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.50 1 $12.50
The Brooklyn Bridge: The Story Of The World's Most Famous Bridge And The Remarkable Family That Built It Elizabeth Mann, Alan Witschonke (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Old Penn Station William Low, William Low (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Up and down New York Tony Sarg, Preface by Jonathan Adler • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Next Stop, Grand Central Maira Kalman • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Life in New Amsterdam Laura Fischer • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$451.69

Vendor shipping charges

 $45.17

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$525.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.24

Total project goal

$640.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $640.24

1 Donor

-$617.65

Donations toward project cost

-$525.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$92.65

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$22.59

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