Don’t you love the feeling of walking through a bookstore or library, looking through a variety of attractive books – some light reading, some more challenging – until one stands out as being just right?
This is an experience I would like to be able to provide for my high school students. Many of them read at an elementary level. We have a small school library that mostly consists of used, donated books, with a handful of student favorites. We set aside 30 minutes each day for sustained silent reading, but students often read the same book for months at a time because they are just not interested. Or worse: they don’t read at all.
I would love to have a classroom library with books in a variety of genres and reading levels to help students develop a love of reading. Literacy experts recommend 20 books per student in a classroom library. I have used recommendations from the American Library Association and the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents to choose a variety of titles for my class of 18.
With these new books, I could guide each student to a book at his or her reading level. The student can choose a book he or she is actually interested in reading. With your generosity, I am sure it would go a long way toward helping them become confident, lifelong readers.
More than half of students from low‑income households
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
• Barnes and Noble
$7.19
1
$7.19
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row Susan Kuklin
• Barnes and Noble
$16.19
1
$16.19
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America Barbara Ehrenreich
• Barnes and Noble
$4.98
1
$4.98
Tears of a Tiger Sharon M. Draper
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Aztec, Inca, and Maya (Eyewitness Books Series) Elizabeth Baquedano, Barry Clarke
• Barnes and Noble
$12.79
1
$12.79
Ancient China (Eyewitness Books Series) E. J. Opik, Laura Buller, Alan Hills (Photographer)
• Barnes and Noble
$12.79
1
$12.79
North American Indian (Eyewitness Books Series) David S. Murdoch, DK Publishing, Lynton Gardiner (Photographer), Manufactured by DK Publishing, Stanley A. Freed
• Barnes and Noble
$13.59
1
$13.59
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman, Dave Mckean (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$11.69
1
$11.69
Compound S.A. Bodeen
• Barnes and Noble
$13.56
1
$13.56
Skateboarding: New Levels - Tips and Tricks for Serious Riders Doug Werner, Steve Badillo
• Barnes and Noble
$11.65
1
$11.65
Ask Cosmogirl! about Beauty: All the Answers to Your Questions about Hair, Makeup, Skin & More CosmoGIRL! Editors
• Barnes and Noble
$5.35
1
$5.35
Point Blank: The Graphic Novel (Alex Rider Series) Anthony Horowitz, Antony Johnston, Kanako (Illustrator), Yuzuru (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$13.49
1
$13.49
Take Me to Your Leader Ian Harrison
• Barnes and Noble
$22.50
1
$22.50
Invisible Pete Hautman, Pete Hautman (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$7.19
1
$7.19
Stuck in Neutral Terry Trueman
• Barnes and Noble
$8.09
1
$8.09
Twilight Stephenie Meyer
• Barnes and Noble
$8.79
1
$8.79
Homeboyz Alan Lawrence Sitomer
• Barnes and Noble
$8.09
1
$8.09
Whale Talk Chris Crutcher
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
You Don't Know Me David Klass
• Barnes and Noble
$8.09
1
$8.09
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson
• Barnes and Noble
$4.98
1
$4.98
Fallen Angels Walter Dean Myers
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Slam! Walter Dean Myers
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Sunrise over Fallujah Walter Dean Myers
• Barnes and Noble
$7.19
1
$7.19
The Greatest: Muhammad Ali Walter Dean Myers
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Hole in My Life Jack Gantos
• Barnes and Noble
$7.20
1
$7.20
Eyewitness World War II Simon Adams, Andy Crawford (Photographer)
• Barnes and Noble
$15.29
1
$15.29
Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson, Lori Earley
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Miracle's Boys Jacqueline Woodson
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
1
$5.39
After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson
• Barnes and Noble
$12.79
1
$12.79
Materials cost
$285.59
Vendor shipping charges
$28.56
Sales tax
$18.56
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.28
Fulfillment labor & materials
$9.00
Total project cost
$346.02
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$75.96
Total project goal
$421.98
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$421.98
6 Donors
-$421.98
Donations toward project cost
-$346.02
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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