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Building a Love of Literacy With a Classroom Library

Help me give my students access to a world of high interest supplemental reading materials for our English Language Arts learning.

  • $837 goal

This project expired on January 25, 2025.

This project expired on January 25, 2025.

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Ms. Riley Dr Norman Crisp School
Nashua, NH Grades 3-5

My Project

Our school has been identified as needing improvement. In response, we have implemented a new curriculum designed to better engage our students and meet educational standards. However, we have encountered a challenge: our existing materials are outdated and no longer align with the new curriculum, leaving our fifth graders without the high-interest books they deserve.

Developing a love of reading is essential for our students’ success, and a well-stocked classroom library is a key component in fostering that passion.

To create an engaging environment, we aim to build a classroom library filled with high-quality books that not only align with our curriculum but also captivate our students’ imaginations.

To achieve this goal, I am seeking your support. Your donations will help us acquire these valuable resources. Your contribution will directly impact my fifth graders, providing them with access to a variety of reading materials that inspire curiosity, creativity, and a lifelong love of reading.

Every donation, no matter the size, will help us reach this goal. Together, we can ensure that our students have the tools they need to succeed academically and develop a passion for literature that lasts a lifetime.

Thank you for considering this opportunity to support my class and students.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

23 students impacted
Ms. Riley Dr Norman Crisp School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nashua, NH 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

23 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Science of Breakable Things • Amazon Business $7.29 6 $43.74
You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $6.59 6 $39.54
Pushing up the Sky: Seven Native American Plays for Children • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: 50 Inspiring Poems with a Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience for Kids, From Tupac to Jay-Z, Queen Latifah to Maya Angelou, Includes CD) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Marguerite Makes a Book (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Ira's Shakespeare Dream • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Brave with Beauty: A Story of Afghanistan • Amazon Business $19.82 1 $19.82
Ohana Means Family (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Sharuko: El arqueólogo peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $17.02 1 $17.02
If You Were Me and Lived in...Ancient China: The Han Dynasty - An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout Time (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Aztecs, Incas & Mayans Similarities and Differences Ancient Civilization Book Fourth Grade Social Studies Children's Geography & Cultures Books • Amazon Business $15.34 1 $15.34
Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist (Women in Science Biographies, Fossil Books for Kids, Feminist Picture Books, Dinosaur Gifts for Kids) • Amazon Business $14.80 1 $14.80
Water Is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle • Amazon Business $14.77 1 $14.77
Imani's Moon • Amazon Business $14.63 1 $14.63
Tracking Tyrannosaurs: Meet T. rex's fascinating family, from tiny terrors to feathered giants (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $14.54 1 $14.54
Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Wabi Sabi • Amazon Business $14.23 1 $14.23
Drawing From Memory • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Paula Wiseman Books) • Amazon Business $13.38 1 $13.38
I Am Not a Label: 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker • Amazon Business $12.12 1 $12.12
The Story of Lin-Manuel Miranda (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Quiet Hero: The Ira Hayes Story • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library • Amazon Business $11.83 1 $11.83
Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & His Muse • Amazon Business $11.74 1 $11.74
Mansa Musa: Leader of Mali: World Cultures Through Time (Primary Source Readers) • Amazon Business $11.63 1 $11.63
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Magic Windows/Ventanas mágicas • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Thunder Underground • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Crazy Horse's Vision • Amazon Business $9.80 1 $9.80
My Chinatown: One Year in Poems • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The People Shall Continue • Amazon Business $8.54 1 $8.54
What's the Matter in Mr. Whiskers' Room? • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
I Am the Rain: A Science Book for Kids about the Water Cycle and Change of Seasons (Includes STEM activities, water conservation tips, and more) • Amazon Business $7.64 1 $7.64
Miguel's Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People / Poeta del pueblo (Bilingual Edition) • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Pippo the Fool (Junior Library Guild Selection) • Amazon Business $6.36 1 $6.36
Trail of Tears (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5) • Amazon Business $3.89 1 $3.89

Materials cost

$671.19

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$711.26

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.52

Total project goal

$836.78

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