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Ms. Currier from Colorado Springs, CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a Love for Reading, One Book at a Time

Help me give my students rich texts to help create a passion for reading!

  • $609 goal

This project expired on October 31, 2025.

This project expired on October 31, 2025.

My Project

As a first-year teacher, I am trying my best to garage sale, thrift, and save for a classroom library that reflects the beautiful diversity of my students and the world around them. This project includes books that celebrate different historical figures, cultures, and spark creativity and imagination.

I believe books are more than just stories; they are mirrors to yourself and doors to the places you dream of going.

I want my students to be excited for our read-alouds and eager to learn how to read. This classroom library, I believe, will foster an inclusive, engaging environment where students are excited to hear/read the next story together.

Your support will help me create a reading space that invites every child to feel seen, valued, and inspired. Thank you for helping us grow a library full of heart!

Ms. Currier Carver Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Colorado Springs, CO View local requests

More than half 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

Never Before Funded 28 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pigeon Series 7 Book Set : Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus / Stay up Late. Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog ....and 4 More Titles • Amazon Business $32.00 1 $32.00
The Magical Yet (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Big - Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title (hardcover picture book, social emotional learning) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
The Day You Begin (hardcover picture book) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
We Are Water Protectors - Caldecott Medal Winner (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Books - My Five Senses - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
You Can't Taste a Pickle With Your Ear: A Book About Your 5 Senses • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Ugly Duckling (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $12.61 1 $12.61
The Color Monster Goes to School (The Color Monster, 2) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
The Lorax - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest - Caldecott Honor Book (paperback picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School (The Classroom Community Collection) • Amazon Business $11.75 1 $11.75
The Three Billy Goats Fluff • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Fill a Bucket Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.95 1 $10.95
Our Class is a Family (The Classroom Community Collection) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning) • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $9.72 1 $9.72
George Washington's Teeth • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
A Sick Day for Amos McGee: (Caldecott Medal Winner) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Lion and the Mouse • Amazon Business $8.46 1 $8.46
Planting a Rainbow • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
If I Ran For President • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Bear Says Thanks (The Bear Books) • Amazon Business $7.70 1 $7.70
The Listening Walk • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Barnyard Banter - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Story of Jumping Mouse: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
. . . If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Weather Words and What They Mean (New Edition) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions (The Color Monster, 1) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? My First Reader • Amazon Business $7.08 1 $7.08
What If Everybody Did That? • Amazon Business $7.03 1 $7.03
Town Mouse, Country Mouse • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
How a Seed Grows (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $6.71 1 $6.71
Charlie Needs a Cloak - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Reasons for Seasons (New & Updated Edition) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
On the First Day of Kindergarten: A Kindergarten Readiness Book For Kids • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Squanto's Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
My Teacher for President - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Ox-Cart Man • Amazon Business $5.75 1 $5.75
The Tiny Seed • Amazon Business $4.88 1 $4.88
Interrupting Chicken • Amazon Business $4.52 1 $4.52
An I Can Read Book - Frog and Toad All Year - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$478.23

Vendor shipping charges

$1.55

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.17

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$516.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.23

Total project goal

$608.18

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

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