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Mrs. Carden from Richmond, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Giving Students an Eclectic Reading Experience!

Help me give my students an eclectic reading experience! They are hungry for books and asking for more reading materials! Students are encouraged to read independently through the semester and want MORE.

  • $500 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

Once my project is fully funded, I will place all books in my classroom and immediately assign independent reading. My students range from new to the U.S., learning English, to being more advanced in reading. This project will help give books according to their reading levels and needs. Students will create projects based on their reading and have an engaging semester rather than only reading SOL prep material which is not equitable. They have been asking for more reading material. This will help to engage their love for story telling. Pictures and testimonies will be shared after books are read!

Mrs. Carden Huguenot High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Richmond, VA View local requests

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

85 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bluford Series 20-Book Boxed Set (Books 1-20) • Amazon Business $74.50 1 $74.50
Teacher's Guide to The Bluford Series • Amazon Business $42.08 1 $42.08
High School Hi/Lo: Bluford Series Collection 7 Book Set • AKJ Education $26.83 1 $26.83
Winning the War in Your Mind for Teens: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life • Amazon Business $13.27 2 $26.54
Los Juegos del hambre / The Hunger Games (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
The Screwtape Letters (The C.S. Lewis Signature Classics) • Amazon Business $9.46 2 $18.92
A Wonderful Day (Spanish English Bilingual Children's Book) (Spanish English Bilingual Collection) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Messi: A Boy Who Became A Star. Inspiring children book about Lionel Messi - one of the best soccer players in history. (Soccer Book For Kids) • Amazon Business $14.31 1 $14.31
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust • Amazon Business $13.11 1 $13.11
Carry On: Poetry by Young Immigrants • Amazon Business $12.38 1 $12.38
Gratitude is My Superpower: A children’s book about Giving Thanks and Practicing Positivity (My Superpower Books) • Amazon Business $12.18 1 $12.18
Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion (My Superpower Books) • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Spoken: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Crossing the Line • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Chain Reaction (A Perfect Chemistry Novel) • Amazon Business $9.96 1 $9.96
Classic Children's Books, Where the Wild Things Are, Paperback • Quill.com $9.49 1 $9.49
Perfect Chemistry (A Perfect Chemistry Novel) • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
The Little Engine That Could (Original Classic Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Long Way Gone • Amazon Business $7.84 1 $7.84
The Story of Ferdinand • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75
El Cuento de Ferdinando (The Story of Ferdinand in Spanish) (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
La Pequena Locomotora Que Si Pudo (The Little Engine That Could) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$388.74

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$424.57

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.92

Total project goal

$499.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $499.49

5 Donors

-$479.49

Donations toward project cost

-$407.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.92

match offer

-$20.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

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