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

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Graphically Speaking

Help me give my students graphic novels to help inspire a love of reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Murray's classroom raised $377

This project is fully funded

My Project

Graphic novels may look like comic books, but they often encourage reluctant readers to pick up a book, and NOT put it down. It is those reluctant readers that this project targets. By the time you are in fifth grade you realize which students in your class can read well and which ones can't. If you are one of the ones who can't you try to hide it. But, if you have a graphic novel, no one realizes that it may be at a lower and more accessible level for you.

Graphic novels encourage students to talk about books and engage with the text and images.

All of my students can find graphic novels in this project that will be at their level, encouraging them to read, and what more could a teacher ask for?

Mrs. Murray Howard C Reiche Community School Grades 3-5

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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.

Portland, ME View local requests

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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novels #1-7: A Graphix Collection: Full Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $44.98 1 $44.98
Diary of a Pug Collection Set ( 4 Books ) • Amazon Business $26.42 1 $26.42
Magic Tree House Graphic Novel Starter Set: (A Graphic Novel Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $23.49 1 $23.49
Pup Detectives The Graphic Novel Collection (Boxed Set): The First Case; The Tiger's Eye; The Soccer Mystery • Amazon Business $23.36 1 $23.36
Drawn Together (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Hoops: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
No One Returns From the Enchanted Forest • Amazon Business $10.25 1 $10.25
Fangbone! Third-Grade Barbarian • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Soccer Mystery (3) (Pup Detectives) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Tiger's Eye (2) (Pup Detectives) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Ghosts, Goblins, and Ninjas! (4) (Pup Detectives) • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
The First Case (1) (Pup Detectives) • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Super Turbo Protects the World (4) (Super Turbo: The Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain: Lunch Lady #9 • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43
Lunch Lady and the Picture Day Peril: Lunch Lady #8 • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43
Peach and Plum: Rule at School! (A Graphic Novel) (Peach and Plum, 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #1) (1) (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Graphix) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes: Lunch Lady #7 • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Now With a Dog Man Comic!): 25 1/2 Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $6.85 1 $6.85
Frankenstein Doesn't Plant Petunias: A Graphix Chapters Book (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #2) (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Graphix) • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
The Case of the Missing Bicycles: Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 3 (Judge Kim and the Kids’ Court) • Amazon Business $6.34 1 $6.34

Materials cost

$272.45

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$320.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$56.50

Total project goal

$376.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $376.66

3 Donors

-$251.66

Donations toward project cost

-$213.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.75

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

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