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Ms. Lares from San Antonio, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Confident Readers One Page at a Time!

Help me give my students books to help ensure our children have access to materials.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Lares's classroom raised $161

This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

Our young learners are just beginning their reading journey, and we want to give them every opportunity to succeed and grow with joy! We're requesting a collection of engaging Level 1 and beginner books—including favorites like Pete the Cat, Amelia Bedelia, The Bad Seed, and Mac and Cheese—to support early literacy in our classroom.

These books are perfect for developing readers.

With simple vocabulary, fun characters, and relatable themes, they help students build confidence, fluency, and a love for reading. Titles like The Night Before First Grade, Ice Cream Soup, and Splat the Cat bring excitement and laughter into our daily reading time.

With your support, we can create a rich classroom library that inspires students to keep turning pages and discovering the magic of books. Thank you for helping our beginning readers grow into lifelong learners!

Ms. Lares Loma Park Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

San Antonio, TX View local requests

Nearly all 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book 4-Book Box Set: Books 1-4 • Amazon Business $15.40 1 $15.40
My First Day of First Grade: A Sweet Back-to-School Picture Book for Kids • Amazon Business $10.22 1 $10.22
How to Start First Grade: A Book for First Graders (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
First Grade, Here I Come! • Amazon Business $5.90 1 $5.90
The Big Book of Silly Jokes for Kids • Amazon Business $5.90 1 $5.90
Silly Milly (Scholastic Reader, Level 1) • Amazon Business $5.57 1 $5.57
Mac and Cheese (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Cooking with the Grinch (Dr. Seuss) (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Ice Cream Soup (Step into Reading) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
The First Grade Friends: Lunch Box Surprise (Hello Reader, Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
The Night Before First Grade • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
I Want to Be a Doctor: A My Community I Can Read (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Splat the Cat: I Scream for Ice Cream (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach (My First I Can Read) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
The Bad Seed Goes to the Library (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.72 1 $4.72
Nate the Great • Amazon Business $4.29 1 $4.29
First Grade, Here I Come! • Amazon Business $3.94 1 $3.94

Materials cost

$104.94

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.57

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$136.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.09

Total project goal

$160.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$160.60

1 Donor

-$71.85

Donations toward project cost

-$68.26

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.59

match offer

-$80.29

Match offer toward project cost

-$68.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.46

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$0.00

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