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Ms. Dunn from Washington DC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inspire a Love of Literature

Help me give my students the sequel to their book club book and inspire a lifelong love of reading.

  • 4 donors
  • $331 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

As a school librarian, I'm always trying to find creative ways to inspire curiosity and a love of literature in my elementary students. At the beginning of the school year 13, fifth-grade students were selected to participate in a yearlong book club. Since October we've met on a weekly basis to think, laugh, learn, and discuss Kalynn Bayron's, The Vanquishers, #1. Though my students will not be fighting a hive of vampires anytime soon, they see themselves in the friendships and moments that comprise the tween years.

I have 13 students who look forward to sitting in the community with a book for 30 minutes each week.

I want to continue to inspire this lifelong love of literature and gift them the sequel to Bayrons, The Vanquishers series. Although we will not be able to read together, my hope is for this book to inspire them to keep reading and know that they can always find themselves in a book.

Ms. Dunn
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Vanquishers: Secret of the Reaping • Amazon Business $17.94 13 $233.22

Materials cost

$233.22

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.99

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$280.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.54

Total project goal

$330.25

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $330.25

4 Donors

-$318.21

Donations toward project cost

-$280.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.04

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 $0.00

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