Help Me Acquire Books to Improve Students' Reading Skills.
Help me give my students IMPROVING READING SKILLS for high school students with special needs. We are starting a reading program and require a library of high-interest, low-level books.
$966 goal
This project expired on August 6, 2025.
This project expired on August 6, 2025.
My Project
I will assign books to students based on reading ability in hopes of improving their reading skills. In between books, students will take reading fluency, comprehension, and writing assessments. Reed High School has limited resources, and our new program geared to special needs students requires books. Many of our high school students do not want their peers to know their reading levels, so they come to my office to get books. Unfortunately, I have very few novels on hand and would like to have additional genres for students to choose from.
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
15 students impacted
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10 Book Set: Lee & Low Antiracism Collection (grades 3-5 elementary books from underrepresented authors)
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$130.00
1
$130.00
Who Was? Nonfiction Collection - 15 Book Set - Collection
• AKJ Education
$71.43
1
$71.43
4 High School Favorites - Book Set #1 (ages 14+): Becoming, Black Enough, Just Mercy, Blackout (3 paperbacks, 1 hardcover) x MahoganyBooks
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$70.00
1
$70.00
Lakeshore Leveled Books Classroom Library 1 - Book Bin Set - Level P (Gr. 3-4)
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
$49.99
1
$49.99
MARCH (Trilogy Slipcase Set) 3 Book Set x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks - featured Black History books for classroom library
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$49.00
1
$49.00
Who Would Win? Collection - 11 Book Set - Collection
• AKJ Education
$39.34
1
$39.34
Kaplan Early Learning Who Was/Is Books - Set of 6
• Kaplan Early Learning Company
$36.95
1
$36.95
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Historical Moments #2: March on Washington, Tulsa Race Massacre, Reconstruction, Montgomery Boycott (paperback) x MahoganyBooks
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$28.00
1
$28.00
3 Book Set: The Watsons, Bud, Not Buddy, Mighty Miss Malone (paperback set) x MahoganyBooks - featured Black History books for classroom library
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$28.00
1
$28.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Historical Figures: Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman (paperback) x MahoganyBooks
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$28.00
1
$28.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Historical Moments #1: Underground Railroad, Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Movement, Juneteenth (paperback) x MahoganyBooks
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$28.00
1
$28.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Civil Rights Figures: Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks (paperback) x MahoganyBooks
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$28.00
1
$28.00
4 Book Set - Who HQ: Contemporary Figures: Venus & Serena Williams, Simone Biles, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan (paperback) x MahoganyBooks
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$28.00
1
$28.00
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (paperback) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$12.00
2
$24.00
Percy Jackson X 5 Book Set Series Collection 5 Book Set
• Amazon Business
$23.94
1
$23.94
A Good Kind of Trouble (paperback) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$11.00
2
$22.00
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (hardcover) - featured Black History picture books for classroom library
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$18.00
1
$18.00
Black Inventors: 15 Inventions that Changed the World (paperback) - featured Black History books for classroom library
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$12.00
1
$12.00
Materials cost
$714.65
Vendor shipping charges
$2.50
Sales tax
$62.53
3rd party payment processing fee
$10.72
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$820.40
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$144.78
Total project goal
$965.18
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