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Mrs. Summer from Beloit, KS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Growing Readers, One Book at a Time

Help me give my students fresh, engaging books that put exciting stories directly into their hands.

  • 2 donors
  • $307 still needed

expires Sep 11

  • 2 donors
  • $307 still needed
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Mrs. Summer Beloit Elementary School
Beloit, KS Grades 3-5

My Project

Our school library is the heart of our building—a place where students explore, imagine, and grow. However, many of our books are outdated or worn, and we need new, engaging titles to meet the interests and reading levels of all students. A strong library program is essential to student success.

These new books will be used daily by students across grade levels for independent reading, literature exploration, and building a lifelong love of learning.

The collection includes high-interest series, science-themed graphic novels, adventure stories, and beloved chapter books that will help motivate even reluctant readers to pick up a book.

With your support, we can refresh our library collection and provide resources that inspire curiosity, creativity, and confidence in every reader who walks through our doors.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

500 students impacted 2 donors
Mrs. Summer Beloit Elementary School Grades 3-5

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Beloit, KS View local requests

More than a third 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

500 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Tom Gates: Excellent Excuses (and Other Good Stuff) • Amazon Business $37.08 1 $37.08
The Curvy Tree: A Tale from the Land of Stories • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
Science Comics: Birds of Prey: Terrifying Talons • Amazon Business $20.49 1 $20.49
Brilliant World of Tom Gates • Amazon Business $19.80 1 $19.80
Bubbles and Boo (Puppy Place) • Amazon Business $18.40 1 $18.40
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate: (Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00
Angel (Puppy Place) • Amazon Business $16.80 1 $16.80
Science Comics: Elephants: Living Large • Amazon Business $16.53 1 $16.53
Science Comics - Science Comics: The Periodic Table of Elements - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $16.05 1 $16.05
Science Comics - Science Comics: Electricity - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $16.05 1 $16.05
Science Comics: Frogs: Awesome Amphibians • Amazon Business $14.68 1 $14.68
The Composer Is Dead - Reinforced Book • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Are We There Yet? • Amazon Business $14.24 1 $14.24
Yosemite Fortune (The Campground Kids: National Park Adventures) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Vanishing Lake • Amazon Business $9.33 1 $9.33
Tom Gates: Everything's Amazing (Sort Of) • Amazon Business $9.32 1 $9.32
Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers • Amazon Business $9.23 1 $9.23
The Monster in the Hollows: The Wingfeather Saga Book 3 • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Wingfeather Tales: Seven Thrilling Stories from the World of Aerwiar (The Wingfeather Saga) • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Adventures from the Land of Stories: The Mother Goose Diaries • Amazon Business $8.63 1 $8.63
North! Or Be Eaten: The Wingfeather Saga Book 2 • Amazon Business $8.23 1 $8.23
The Warden and the Wolf King: The Wingfeather Saga Book 4 • Amazon Business $7.87 1 $7.87

Materials cost

$330.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$388.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.52

Total project goal

$456.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $456.82

1 Donor

-$100.00

Donations toward project cost

-$85.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.00

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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 $306.82

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