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Dr. Pearson from Miami Beach, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Comics Crazy!

Help me give my students 20 popular comic books from Japan and the U.S.

FULLY FUNDED! Dr. Pearson's classroom raised $300

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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 Students

The books featured in this project are destined for approximately 600 kids in 3rd through 7th grade. They are students at a K-8 center in South Florida. I run the school library. About 84% of my library patrons come from households with below average income. The kids tend to be first-generation Americans whose parents have recently arrived in the U.S. from the Caribbean, or from Central or South America. The children don't have access to a lot of juvenile literature at home.

We need comic books, Japanese and home-grown, for 8 to 14 year-old students: you should see our kids with these books - they don't read them; they devour them!

My Project

The Japanese titles include the classic 'Spirited Away' plus, from the same author, 'Ponyo' and the 'My Neighbor Totoro' series. The American titles are 'Crush', the latest in the Berrybrook Middle School saga (very popular with our kids) and a new collection of Raina Telgmeier graphic novels (the must-read books in the library at the moment). I'll tell you exactly what will happen to these books. It's the same process whenever new comics arrive. The fifth graders and the sixth graders will spot me processing the new arrivals - putting on barcodes, spine labels etc. They'll return throughout the day to check if the books are ready. Within an hour or two of me finishing the processing, they will have snapped up all the new titles. Within a month, older middle schoolers will start to check out the books. Finally, during the next academic year, the craze somehow spreads down to the younger kids. The books become fashionable all over again among the third and fourth grade students.

Comic books are the best way to boost literacy among my students.

They generate huge excitement among the kids. Please help our school library keep our Comics Section up to scratch by offering our children these great Japanese and American titles!

Dr. Pearson Fienberg-Fisher K-8 Center Grades 6-8

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.

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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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Raina Telgemeier Collection • Amazon Business $27.70 2 $55.40
Ponyo Picture Book (PONYO ON THE CLIFF) • Amazon Business $13.59 2 $27.18
Crush (Berrybrook Middle School) • Amazon Business $9.90 2 $19.80
My Neighbor Totoro Volume 1 • Amazon Business $8.49 2 $16.98
My Neighbor Totoro: Film Comic (My Neighbor Totoro, Book 4) • Amazon Business $8.49 2 $16.98
My Neighbor Totoro: Film Comic (My Neighbor Totoro, Book 3) • Amazon Business $8.49 2 $16.98
My Neighbor Totoro Volume 2 • Amazon Business $8.49 2 $16.98
Spirited Away, Vol. 2 • Amazon Business $8.45 2 $16.90
Spirited Away, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $8.45 2 $16.90
Spirited Away, Vol. 5 • Amazon Business $8.45 2 $16.90

Materials cost

$221.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$254.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.88

Total project goal

$299.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $299.20

1 Donor

-$149.60

Donations toward project cost

-$127.16

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.44

match offer

-$149.60

Match offer toward project cost

-$127.16

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.44

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