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Mrs. Quimby from Farmington, ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engaging Reluctant Readers

Help me give my students new and interesting books for our classroom library!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Quimby's classroom raised $506

This project is fully funded

My Project

Please help us get new books for our classroom library! This year I have been thrilled to have so many students who show a love of reading. Unfortunately, they are working through our classroom library very fast!

By funding this project you will be helping to purchase new historical fiction and nonfiction books for our classroom library!

Books from these series have been incredibly popular in our classroom this year and my students have been asking me to please get more so they can keep reading.

Thank you in advance for your support to our classroom. My students and I are very appreciative of all you do to support us.

Mrs. Quimby Mount Blue Middle School Grades 6-8

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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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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

90 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Who Was...? Children’s Biography Series Set of 12 books • Amazon Business $64.58 1 $64.58
The Wild Robot Boxed Set • Amazon Business $29.98 1 $29.98
The Underground Abductor (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #5): An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Above the Trenches (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #12): A World War I Flying Ace Tale • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived Graphic Novel #9) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $10.22 1 $10.22
Major Impossible (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #9): A Grand Canyon Tale • Amazon Business $10.09 1 $10.09
Big Bad Ironclad! (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #2): A Civil War Tale • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Alamo All-Stars (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #6): A Texas Tale (Volume 6) • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Blades of Freedom (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #10): A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
History Smashers: Christopher Columbus and the Taino People • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #4): A World War I Tale • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Raid of No Return (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #7): A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived Graphic Novel #7) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #6) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.66 1 $8.66
I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $7.94 1 $7.94
Cold War Correspondent (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11): A Korean War Tale • Amazon Business $7.87 1 $7.87
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (I Survived Graphic Novel #10) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $7.85 1 $7.85
I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #5) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $7.14 1 $7.14
I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #4) (4) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $7.03 1 $7.03
Who Is Jackie Chan? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #3) (3) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (I Survived Graphic Novel #8) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Who Was Babe Ruth? • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Who Was E. B. White? • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Who Is R. L. Stine? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Who Was Selena? • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Who Was Steve Irwin? • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Who Was Roald Dahl? • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Who Was Dr. Seuss? • Amazon Business $5.91 1 $5.91
Who Was Ruth Bader Ginsburg? • Amazon Business $5.57 1 $5.57
Who Was Mister Rogers? • Amazon Business $5.57 1 $5.57
Who Is LeBron James? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.93 1 $4.93
Who Is Dolly Parton? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.78 1 $4.78
Who Is Michael Jordan? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $4.71 1 $4.71
Who Was Kobe Bryant? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $4.67 1 $4.67
Who Was Neil Armstrong? • Amazon Business $4.65 1 $4.65
Who Was Confucius? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Who Was Michelangelo? • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$375.63

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.63

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$430.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.89

Total project goal

$505.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $505.93

1 Donor

-$337.29

Donations toward project cost

-$286.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.59

match offer

-$168.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$143.34

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.30

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