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Ms. McKenna from Baltimore MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

For the Love of Graphic Novels

Help me give my students new copies of the graphic novels they love best including The Babysitter's Club, Dogman, and Smile are loved by boys and girls across the grades.

  • $582 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students love to read. They love to read so much that the demand for books is greater than the supply! When you see a student at our school, he or she will always have a book in hand.

At our school, there is an energy about reading, and our readers are constantly looking for new adventures in books.

They talk about books with each other, with me, and with all of their teachers. They follow the latest releases of all their favorite series and authors on GoodReads, DogoBooks, and Amazon. Our kids are life long readers who embrace the magic of reading.

My Project

Students at my school cannot get enough graphic novels. Graphic novels go out of our library so fast that they rarely get back to the shelf. When a new release comes into the library, there is begging and pleading to be the first student to check out the book. These titles are so popular in my library, that many are tattered, torn and beyond repair. My graphic novel section is desperately in need of being replaced.

Graphic novels are full of vibrant pictures and engaging text that grab both our newly emerging and most reluctant readers.

The ongoing plots and relatable characters leave our students coming back for more, again and again. Graphic novels help to build a love of reading, which is why it's so important to keep our library stocked with them.

Ms. McKenna
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Raina Telgemeier Collection • Amazon Business $27.70 2 $55.40
Dog Man: The Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-3 Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $22.75 2 $45.50
The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #1-4 Box Set: Full-Color Edition • Amazon Business $29.66 1 $29.66
Hilo: Out-of-This-World Boxed Set • Amazon Business $26.56 1 $26.56
The Hidden Doors (Explorer) • Amazon Business $10.95 2 $21.90
Explorer (The Lost Islands #2) • Amazon Business $10.95 2 $21.90
Hilo Book 5: Then Everything Went Wrong • Amazon Business $9.93 2 $19.86
Kristy's Big Day (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #6): Full-Color Edition • Amazon Business $9.89 2 $19.78
Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #5) • Amazon Business $9.83 2 $19.66
Dog Man and Cat Kid: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #4) • Amazon Business $9.83 2 $19.66
Dawn and the Impossible Three (The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novel #5): A Graphix Book (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.79 2 $19.58
Ghostopolis • Amazon Business $12.71 1 $12.71
Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #6) • Amazon Business $6.08 2 $12.16
Cardboard • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Dragons Beware! (The Chronicles of Claudette) • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
Mighty Jack and the Goblin King • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
Mighty Jack • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
Bird & Squirrel on the Edge! • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Hilo Book 4: Waking the Monsters • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Giants Beware! (The Chronicles of Claudette) • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
Monsters Beware! (The Chronicles of Claudette) • Amazon Business $9.17 1 $9.17
Bird & Squirrel All Tangled Up (Bird & Squirrel #5) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Bird & Squirrel On Fire (Bird & Squirrel #4) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Bird & Squirrel On the Run (Bird & Squirrel #1) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$431.84

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$25.91

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$494.23

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.22

Total project goal

$581.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$581.45

2 Donors

-$581.45

Donations toward project cost

-$494.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$87.22

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