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Mrs. Eschenbach from Arvada CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Bring Our Library Back to Life!

Help me give my students new books for the library, to breathe new life into it!

  • $809 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

The kiddos that frequent the library range from preschool to 5th grade. The majority of their families are low income, so in that, the books they get to read are likely the free source of books a library provides. These kiddos light up when read aloud to, some very evidently not being read to at home. They come from wonderfully diverse backgrounds, each with their own stories. They are part of the community we are building within the walls of the school. They usually have smiles on their faces, giggling at recess, giving surprise hugs to myself and the other teachers and staff. They deserve a library with so many books that they don’t know what to do with them.

My Project

A person should never underestimate the power of a book, the excitement it can awaken, the imagination it can spark, the family bonding it can create or solidify that much more, the way a new book feels when you peel the pages apart for the first time or the difference in how a new and old book smell when you turn the pages, both intoxicating in their own endearing ways. Reading a physical book is so overshadowed by technology, and that’s not to say technology is unimportant, but we tend to forget these simple beauties, these simple bits of excitement. A library should be a place that tempts the mind, lures in the curiosity of a mind, gives super knowledge and powers to the brain, makes someone wonder, to think, sparks interests, create foundations and the ability to find reliability when a fellow human can’t, to make a person not feel alone or to make a shared group of readers laugh aloud.

Mrs. Eschenbach
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
FDP SoftScape Classic 35" Junior Bean Bag Chair, Furniture for Kids, Perfect for Reading, Playing Video Games or Relaxing, Alternative Seating for Classrooms, Daycares, Libraries or Home - Blue • Amazon Business $84.99 1 $84.99
The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library • Amazon Business $61.99 1 $61.99
My Weird School Daze 12-Book Box Set: Books 1-12 • Amazon Business $28.49 1 $28.49
Grumpy Owl • Amazon Business $9.97 2 $19.94
The Star Wars Little Golden Book Library (Star Wars) • Amazon Business $18.94 1 $18.94
Jay Franco Harry Potter Plush Stuffed Hermione Granger Pillow Buddy, • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
A Library Book for Bear (Bear and Mouse) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Star Wars: I Am a...Little Golden Book Library (Star Wars) • Amazon Business $16.09 1 $16.09
The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Most Magnificent Thing • Amazon Business $15.26 1 $15.26
Ada Twist, Scientist • Amazon Business $13.74 1 $13.74
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish Boxed Set: (My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish; The Seaquel; Fins of Fury) • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Inky the Octopus: Bound for Glory • Amazon Business $13.56 1 $13.56
What Do You Do With a Problem? — New York Times best seller • Amazon Business $12.53 1 $12.53
5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $12.20 1 $12.20
My Principal is a Superhero (The Wonder Who Crew) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
National Geographic Kids Why?: Over 1,111 Answers to Everything • Amazon Business $11.21 1 $11.21
Jay Franco Warner Brothers Harry Potter Plush Stuffed Pillow Buddy - Kids Super Soft Polyester Microfiber, 17 inch (Official Warner Brothers Product) • Amazon Business $11.20 1 $11.20
Iggy Peck, Architect • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Ugly Duckling (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Kindness Snippet Jar • Amazon Business $10.88 1 $10.88
What Do You Do With an Idea? — New York Times best seller • Amazon Business $10.68 1 $10.68
Beautiful Oops! • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Stink: The Super-Incredible Collection: Books 1-3 • Amazon Business $9.54 1 $9.54
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
What Do You Do With a Chance? — New York Times best seller • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
Code 7: Cracking the Code for an Epic Life • Amazon Business $8.33 1 $8.33
The Witches • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Twits • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Fantastic Mr. Fox • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The BFG • Amazon Business $7.52 1 $7.52
The Enormous Crocodile • Amazon Business $7.15 1 $7.15
Gnome Invasion (3) (Fourth Grade Fairy) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Rosie Revere, Engineer • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Case Closed #1: Mystery in the Mansion • Amazon Business $6.73 1 $6.73
The Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Charlotte's Web • Amazon Business $6.40 1 $6.40
The Wild Robot • Amazon Business $6.36 1 $6.36
Fourth Grade Fairy, Book 1 • Amazon Business $5.84 1 $5.84
Be Brave Little One • Amazon Business $5.76 1 $5.76
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon Business $5.50 1 $5.50
Freckle Juice • Amazon Business $5.03 1 $5.03
First Day Jitters (Mrs. Hartwell's Classroom Adventures) • Amazon Business $4.87 1 $4.87
Splat the Cat: I Scream for Ice Cream (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Wish • Amazon Business $3.09 1 $3.09
Mac and Cheese (I Can Read Level 1) • Amazon Business $2.75 1 $2.75

Materials cost

$608.86

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$38.97

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$686.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$121.23

Total project goal

$808.19

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$808.19

11 Donors

-$649.06

Donations toward project cost

-$563.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.35

match offer

-$145.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$123.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.13

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$0.00

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