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Ms. B. from HI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Build Our Library, Build Their Brains!

My students need interesting books on beginning fourth grade level, from "The Boxcar Children" to "The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse".

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. B.'s classroom raised $482

This project is fully funded

I teach in a Title I (high-need) school. My classroom is a third grade language arts room and I have two classes (approximately 40) students each day.

Many of my students are avid readers and will read an entire chapter book or more a night if they can get their hands on them! My leveled library, unfortunately, is quite limited, and there are not enough books to keep the students' interest. We only have one basket (approximately 25) level O (approx. 3.8 grade level) books that many students have to share

My students need books that are interesting to them that they have not read! I have chosen 45 books to add to my classroom library that appeal to their interest and are developmentally appropriate for my students.

Your support can help ensure that my students continue to love reading and that they have the resources to do so.

Ms. B. Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than three‑quarters of 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Chameleon Wore Chartreuse: A Chet Gecko Mystery Bruce Hale, Bruce Hale (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
A to Z Mysteries Series: Volume A-B Ron Roy, Read by David Pittu • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Story of Ruby Bridges Robert Coles, George Ford (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders Jack Prelutsky, Petra Mathers (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Catundra Stephen Cosgrove, Robin James (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Spaghetti And Meatballs For All! A Mathematical Story (Scholastic Bookshelf Series) Marilyn Marilyn Burns, Debbie Tilley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Nights of the Pufflings Bruce McMillan, Bruce McMillan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
Bud Barkin Private Eye (Tales from the House of Bunnicula Series #05) James Howe, Brett Helquist (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein Johanna Hurwitz, Gail Owens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Faraway Home E. B. Lewis (Illustrator), Jane Kurtz, Anne Davies (Editor), Earl Lewis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
A Pony for Keeps (Pony Pals Series #2) Jeanne Betancourt, Robert S. Brown (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
I Want a Pony (Pony Pals Series #1) Jeanne Betancourt, Robert S. Brown (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
A Pony in Trouble (Pony Pals Series #3) Jeanne Betancourt, Robert Brown (Illustrator), Paul Bachem (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Give Me Back My Pony (Pony Pals Series #4) Jeanne Betancourt, Paul Bachem (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
A Cat in a Kayak Maria Coffey, Eugenie Fernandes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Knights in Shining Armor Gail Gibbons • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Music for the End of Time Jen Bryant, Beth Peck (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
Whingdingdilly Bill Peet, Bill Peet (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Mitch and Amy Beverly Cleary, George Porter (Illustrator), Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Invisible Stanley (A Stanley Lambchop Adventure Series) Jeff Brown, Scott Nash (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin (Illustrator), Foreword by Helena Estes • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Owl Moon Jane Yolen, John Schoenherr (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Seven Kisses in a Row Patricia MacLachlan, Maria Pia Marrella, Maria Pia Marrella (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims Clyde Robert Bulla, Richard Williams (Illustrator), Peter Burchard (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $4.05 1 $4.05
Rent a Third Grader B. B. Hiller, Meredith Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Socks Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Runaway Ralph Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Paul Zelinsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Henry and Ribsy Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Ramona Collection, Volume 1: Ramona and Her Father/Ramona the Brave/Ramona the Pest/Beezus and Ramona Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary, Paul Zelinsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Mouse and the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling (Illustrator), Paul Zelinsky (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen (Illustrator), Tracy Dockray (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Pippi Goes to School Astrid Lindgren, Joy Peskin (Editor), Michael D. Chesworth (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren, Louis S. Glanzman (Illustrator), Florence Lamborn (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Kristy's Great Idea Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier, Adapted by Raina Telgemeier • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Kristy's Great Idea (Baby-Sitters Club Series), Vol. 1 Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier, Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator), Adapted by Raina Telgemeier • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Truth about Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Series #2) Raina Telgemeier, Created by Ann Matthews Martin • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Mary Anne Saves the Day (Baby-sitters Club Series #3) Ann M. Martin, Ann Matthews Martin, Raina Telgemeier • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Judy Blume's Fudge Box Set Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $23.96 1 $23.96
Blue Bay Mystery (The Boxcar Children Series #6) Gertrude Chandler Warner, Dirk Gringhuis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.05 1 $4.05
Mystery Ranch (The Boxcar Children Series #4) Gertrude Chandler Warner • Barnes and Noble $4.05 1 $4.05
The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children Series #3) Gertrude Chandler Warner • Barnes and Noble $4.05 1 $4.05
Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children Series #2) Gertrude Chandler Warner • Barnes and Noble $4.05 1 $4.05
The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children Series #1) Gertrude Chandler Warner • Barnes and Noble $4.05 1 $4.05
Puppy Puzzle Ben M. Baglio • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61

Materials cost

$324.12

Vendor shipping charges

$32.41

Sales tax

$13.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$395.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.71

Total project goal

$481.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$481.71

14 Donors

-$464.71

Donations toward project cost

-$395.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.00

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$0.00

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