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Ms. Parvin from Berwyn, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dear Santa, I Would Like a Book for Christmas.

My students need 1-2 copies of 29 children's books, including "The Phantom Tollbooth" and several titles from the "Amelia Bedelia" series.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Parvin's classroom raised $471

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

I am a school social worker. Most of the children that attend my school are Hispanic (84%) and living in poverty (76%). Many of them are living in households where drugs and violence are prevalent.

I have many children who love to read, but who have never had the opportunity of owning their own books. Most of them struggle with academics and, as a result, our test scores are suffering. These children only have the opportunity of reading the books that they can checkout from our school library, which means they are only reading one book per week.

Every year I try to help as many needy families from my school as I can. I raise money to buy each of their children a pair of school clothes and a gift certificate to a local grocery store. This year I would like to provide the children with a book for Christmas as well.

I have identified all of the needy children in my school and asked each of them this question: "If you could have any book to own, which would it be?" The list of books I have provided are books that they would love to own. Last year we helped provide clothes for 30 children who are living in poverty and attending my school. With your help, this year we can also provide them with a book that they themselves would love to have!

Ms. Parvin Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Giraffes Can't Dance Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 2 $27.12
Strega Nona Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish, Fritz Siebel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out Peggy Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Amelia Bedelia (An I Can Read Picture Book) Peggy Parrish, Fritz Siebel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.38 1 $5.38
Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor, Vol. 36 Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Books Series: A Level 2 Book) Peggy Parish, Fritz Siebel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids Carol McCloud, David Messing (Illustrator), Foreword by Merrill Lundgren • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Flat Stanley Jeff Brown, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Fancy Nancy Jane O'connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator), Robin Preiss-Glasser (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.59 2 $25.18
How I Became a Pirate Melinda Long, David Shannon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.20 2 $22.40
Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson, Crockett Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.76 1 $12.76
Good Night Sweet Butterflies: A Color Dreamland Dawn Bentley, Heather Cahoon, Heather Cahoon (Illustrator), Concept by Melanie Gerth • Barnes and Noble $8.76 2 $17.52
Mommy Hugs Anne Gutman, Chronicle Books, Georg Hallensleben, Georg Hallensleben (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 2 $10.70
Ten Little Ladybugs Melanie Gerth, Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.76 2 $17.52
Julius, the Baby of the World Kevin Henkes, Kevin Henkes (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist? Herman Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia: (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2) Peggy Parish, Wallace Tripp (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Books Series: A Level 2 Book) Peggy Parish, Lynn Sweat (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Big Words for Little People Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
It's Hard to Be Five: Learning How to Work My Control Panel Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope Nikki Grimes, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 3 $35.67
Invention of Hugo Cabret Selznick, Brian Selznick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.09 1 $16.09
Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89

Materials cost

$327.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $32.80

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$386.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.73

Total project goal

$470.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $470.73

12 Donors

-$449.71

Donations toward project cost

-$386.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.71

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$21.02

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