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

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Children Need Access to Literature!

Help me give my students access to literature! As a new ELA teacher, it is difficult to create a classroom library with nothing. Let's get more students reading! Sometimes all it takes is providing access.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Kalaola's classroom raised $743

This project is fully funded

My Project

I am a sixth grade ELA teacher in my third year of teaching... and do not have a classroom library as every teacher should. In 2025 when so many schools and students have thrown out paper and moved to laptops and Google Classroom, it is difficult to get young students into reading when they'd rather play Roblox or type an essay as quickly as possible.

Learning stems from literacy.

Whether it's ELA, science, history, math, health, or home economics; students require the skills and tools need to understand all types of texts. In order to build this literacy, students must read. In a community where access to literature is often limited, it is essential to provide as much access as possible.

With a classroom library full of old classics from our childhood as well as newer pieces that pique our Gen Alpha students' interest, I believe I can get students reading by choice which will begin fostering more of the essential literacy skills they need to continue succeeding.

Your help in guiding our students to the path of success would be immensely appreciated!

Ms. Kalaola Prince David Kawananakoa Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7) • Amazon Business $52.45 1 $52.45
Chronicles of Narnia Box Set • Amazon Business $29.53 1 $29.53
The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection Boxed Set (5-Book) • Amazon Business $27.66 1 $27.66
Goosebumps Classic (Series 1) - 10 Books Set Collection R.L. Stine • Amazon Business $24.00 1 $24.00
Percy Jackson X 5 Book Set Series Collection 5 Book Set • Amazon Business $23.94 1 $23.94
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Series: More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark; Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 3 (Book sets for Kids: Grade 3 and Up) by Alvin Schwartz (1981) Paperback • Amazon Business $14.74 1 $14.74
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
Tokyo Ever After: A Novel (YA paperback) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Readers Circle - The Book Thief - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
American Born Chinese - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Firekeeper's Daughter - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
The Running Dream - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Speak - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
All American Boys - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Code Talker - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Betting on You - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $8.74 1 $8.74
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End Series, 1) • Amazon Business $8.60 1 $8.60
The One and Only Ivan - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
I Am Malala - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Signet Classics - 1984 - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Catcher in the Rye - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Inside Out and Back Again - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
From the Desk of Zoe Washington - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Love That Dog - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Stargirl - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
The Unteachables - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
A Long Walk to Water - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Counting by 7s - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Fahrenheit 451 • Amazon Business $7.24 1 $7.24
How to Steal a Dog - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
When You Reach Me - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Hatchet - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
As Brave As You - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Hobbit - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Al Capone - Al Capone Does My Shirts - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Fish in a Tree - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
A Wrinkle in Time - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Ember - The City of Ember - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The House on Mango Street • Amazon Business $5.92 1 $5.92
Alvin Ho - Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Puffin Modern Classics - Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Puffin Modern Classics) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
How to Eat Fried Worms (Scholastic Gold) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$488.92

Vendor shipping charges

 $83.00

Sales tax

 $21.51

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$630.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$111.31

Total project goal

$742.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $742.07

1 Donor

-$742.07

Donations toward project cost

-$630.76

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$111.31

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