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Mrs. Gaston from Denton TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Let the Series Begin

Help me give my students these book series to promote a love of reading. From the new Babysitters set to the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew the reading adventures my students will take are endless.

  • $428 goal

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My Students

My classroom is filled with excited, eager 5th graders! They are open-minded, risk-takers in a school that allows them to be inquirers. I have struggling students, high achievers and English language learners. We are a Title I school, with 60% free or reduced-price lunch looking for some loving people to fund this project.

My students need book series to help foster their reading lives.

My students are hard-workers and I want to do everything I can to provide them with books to meet their needs. Research shows that getting a child hooked on a reading series can take them to anew level in their reading life.

Please take a few minutes to check out our project, and maybe even jump on board with us?

My Project

These books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create. My classroom library is a place that my students really enjoy, these new books will only ad to the appeal. Each books series has been chosen with my students in mind.

With these new book series, my students will be able to choose from a variety of books that will continue to foster their reading lives.

They will also be able to choose books that interest them. The best way to increase reading ability is to read more, and these books will continue to help my students grow stronger in reading. Student that fall in love with a series show to have better reading lives and these books will help that.

Mrs. Gaston
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lightkeepers Boys Box Set: Ten Boys • Amazon Business $30.41 1 $30.41
The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #1-4 Box Set: Full-Color Edition • Amazon Business $29.36 1 $29.36
Lightkeepers Girls Box Set: Ten Girls • Amazon Business $29.31 1 $29.31
Wings of Fire Boxset, Books 1-5 (Wings of Fire) • Amazon Business $26.29 1 $26.29
Warriors Box Set: Volumes 1 to 6: The Complete First Series (Warriors: The Prophecies Begin) • Amazon Business $25.08 1 $25.08
Warriors Box Set: Volumes 1 to 6: The Complete First Series (Warriors: The Prophecies Begin) • Amazon Business $25.08 1 $25.08
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Books 1-4 • Amazon Business $22.49 1 $22.49
Hardy Boys Starter Set - Books 1-5 (The Hardy Boys) • Amazon Business $21.07 1 $21.07
The Bad Guys Box Set: Books 1-5 • Amazon Business $20.02 1 $20.02
The Bad Guys Box Set: Books 1-5 • Amazon Business $20.02 1 $20.02
Princess the Cat: The First Trilogy, Books 1-3.: Princess the Cat versus Snarl the Coyote, Princess the Cat Saves the Farm, Princess the Cat Defeats the Emperor. • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Sugar Creek Gang Books 1-6 Set (The Swamp Robber/The Killer Bear/The Winter Rescue/The Lost Campers/The Chicago Adventure/The Secret Hideout) • Amazon Business $17.49 1 $17.49
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish Boxed Set: (My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish; The Seaquel; Fins of Fury) • Amazon Business $13.55 1 $13.55
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #2) • Amazon Business $7.05 1 $7.05
Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #2) • Amazon Business $7.05 1 $7.05
Peanut Butter and Jelly (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #3) • Amazon Business $6.26 1 $6.26

Materials cost

$328.51

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$363.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.14

Total project goal

$427.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$427.58

6 Donors

-$405.08

Donations toward project cost

-$344.32

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.76

match offer

-$22.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$19.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.38

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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