Building Bright Futures: Books to Inspire Kindergarten Readers
Help me give my students engaging and educational books for middle school students to read to kindergarteners, to encourage literacy skills and build background knowledge to students who may not have access to reading at home.
$792 goal
This project expired on August 4, 2025.
This project expired on August 4, 2025.
My Project
My project aims to provide a collection of engaging and educational books for middle school LIA (Latino's In Action) students to read to kindergarten students at a Title I elementary school. These books have been selected to build background knowledge, reinforce literacy skills (including the alphabet, ryyming etc) and teach important life lessons. Currently, LIA tutors visit the elementary school twice a week for six months of the school year, fostering a positive learning environment and helping young learners develop foundational literacy skills. By supporting this project, you'll be helping us nurture a love for reading and provide essential educational resources to students who need them most.
Many of the kindergarten students in our school may not have access to someone who reads to them at home, and these books will give them the opportunity to experience the joy and benefits of reading and being read to.
Middle school tutors visit the elementary school twice a week for six months of the school year, fostering a positive learning environment and helping young learners develop foundational literacy skills. By supporting this project, you'll be helping us nurture a love for reading and provide essential educational resources to students who need them most.
Half of students from low‑income households
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160 students impacted
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Lakeshore Help-Yourself Book Bins - Set of 6 Colors
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$46.99
1
$46.99
The Name Jar (paperback picture book)
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$9.00
4
$36.00
Max and the Tag-Along Moon (paperback picture book, ages 4-8) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$9.00
2
$18.00
The Light in Hidden Places (paperback) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$12.00
1
$12.00
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
• Amazon Business
$9.90
1
$9.90
Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Reese's Book Club: Advice from Dear Sugar
• Amazon Business
$9.61
1
$9.61
Where the Crawdads Sing: Reese's Book Club
• Amazon Business
$9.41
1
$9.41
My Teacher's Secret Life (Aladdin Picture Books)
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Everyday ABC for Kids: A Fun Educational ABC Picture Book for Kids Ages 2-5, Toddlers and Kindergartners
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Gone Too Far
• Amazon Business
$8.79
1
$8.79
I Have Ants in My Pants: A Picture Book About Learning Self-Control and Respecting Others Space
• Amazon Business
$8.76
1
$8.76
What Shoes Will You Wear?: A Picture Book About Finding the Career the Fits You
• Amazon Business
$8.40
1
$8.40
Don't Let In the Cold
• Amazon Business
$8.40
1
$8.40
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue: A Picture Book that Helps Kids Learn the Difference Between Tattling and Telling
• Amazon Business
$8.36
1
$8.36
Why?: (Funny Children s Books, Preschool Books, Early Elementary School Stories)
• Amazon Business
$8.34
1
$8.34
My Mouth Is A Volcano: A Picture Book About Interrupting
• Amazon Business
$8.27
1
$8.27
Too Early: A Picture Book
• Amazon Business
$8.00
1
$8.00
A Is for America: A Patriotic Alphabet Book
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
My Visit to the Zoo (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
My Visit to the Aquarium (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Calavera Abecedario: A Day of the Dead Alphabet Book
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
The Beetle Alphabet Book (Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Books)
• Amazon Business
$7.95
1
$7.95
I Am Money: Encourage Kids to Understand How Money Works with this Fun Picture Book
• Amazon Business
$7.70
1
$7.70
The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky: Over 150 Spooky Stickers Inside. A Halloween Book for Kids (The Food Group)
• Amazon Business
$7.67
1
$7.67
Jumping Into Kindergarten: A Picture Book to Help Kids Get Ready for the First Day of School
• Amazon Business
$7.67
1
$7.67
Too Many Carrots (Fiction Picture Books)
• Amazon Business
$7.30
1
$7.30
Grandpa's Teeth (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))
• Amazon Business
$7.19
1
$7.19
Rabunzel: A hilariously funny illustrated children’s picture book based on the fairy tale Rapunzel - perfect family fun for Easter! (Fairy Tales for the Fearless)
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Cindergorilla: A fun filled illustrated children’s picture book (Fairy Tales for the Fearless)
• Amazon Business
$6.94
1
$6.94
Spinderella: The hilarious illustrated children’s picture book from the author of The Gruffalo and Tales From Acorn Wood perfect for Halloween
• Amazon Business
$6.89
1
$6.89
Aladdin Picture Books - 12 Ways to Get to 11 - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Aladdin Picture Books - Hello, Red Fox - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Books - The Icky Bug Alphabet Book - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Books - The Dinosaur Alphabet Book - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Aladdin Picture Books - Rooster's Off to See the World - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
The Construction Alphabet Book - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
Aladdin Picture Books - My Five Senses - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$6.56
1
$6.56
The Guest List: A Novel
• Amazon Business
$6.51
1
$6.51
How to Catch a Gingerbread Man
• Amazon Business
$6.50
1
$6.50
Chancho el rebelde (Pig the Rebel) (Chancho el pug) (Spanish Edition)
• Amazon Business
$6.39
1
$6.39
Room on the Broom
• Amazon Business
$6.29
1
$6.29
Five Total Strangers
• Amazon Business
$5.83
1
$5.83
Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Books - The Ocean Alphabet Book - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$5.80
1
$5.80
The Frog Alphabet Book - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$5.80
1
$5.80
How to Catch a Turkey
• Amazon Business
$5.79
1
$5.79
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Spoon! - A Holiday Picture Book (There Was an Old Lady [Colandro])
• Amazon Business
$5.59
1
$5.59
Quackenstein Hatches a Family: A Picture Book
• Amazon Business
$4.99
1
$4.99
Mae's First Day of School: A Picture Book
• Amazon Business
$4.90
1
$4.90
The ABC Book (Pokémon) (Little Golden Book)
• Amazon Business
$4.64
1
$4.64
I Need a Hug / Necesito un abrazo (Scholastic Bilingual) (Spanish Edition)
• Amazon Business
$4.49
1
$4.49
All About Weather: A First Weather Book for Kids (The All About Picture Book Series)
• Amazon Business
$4.39
1
$4.39
The Alphabet Book - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$4.37
1
$4.37
Halloween Heist - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$4.37
1
$4.37
National Geographic Readers - Adorable Animals (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2) - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$4.37
1
$4.37
National Geographic Readers - Animal Tails (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1/Co-Reader) - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$4.37
1
$4.37
What If You Could Sniff Like a Shark?: Explore the Superpowers of Ocean Animals - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$4.37
1
$4.37
National Geographic Readers - Odd Animals (National Geographic Kids Readers, Pre-Reader) - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
Keepsake Stories - The Gingerbread Man, Grades PK - 3: El Hombre de Pan de Jengibre (Keepsake Stories), Grades PK - 3 - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.91
1
$2.91
Brighter Child Keepsake Stories - The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Keepsake Stories) - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.91
1
$2.91
National Geographic Readers - Deadly Predators (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2) - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.91
1
$2.91
Who Would Win? - Polar Bear Vs. Grizzly Bear - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.91
1
$2.91
Who Would Win? - Lion vs. Tiger - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.91
1
$2.91
Max and Ruby - Max to the Rescue - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.91
1
$2.91
Keepsake Stories - dual language - The Three Little Pigs: Los tres cerditos (Keepsake Stories) - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.91
1
$2.91
Keepsake Stories - Dual language - Jack and the Beanstalk, Grades PK - 3: Juan y los frijoles magicos (Keepsake Stories), Grades PK - 3 - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.91
1
$2.91
Who Would Win? - Who Would Win?: Whale vs. Giant Squid - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.91
1
$2.91
Read-it! Readers en Espanol - Feliz Halloween, Gus! - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.88
1
$2.88
Christmas Traditions Around The World - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$2.15
1
$2.15
Learn to Read - The Crayola Counting Book - Paperback Book
• AKJ Education
$1.15
1
$1.15
Materials cost
$630.75
Vendor shipping charges
$2.35
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.46
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$672.56
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$118.69
Total project goal
$791.25
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