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Mrs. Radway from Sioux Falls, SD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Read the Year Off Strong!

Help me give my students the newest books in their favorite series as well as some new books to supplement some of their favorite lessons!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Radway's classroom raised $578

This project is fully funded

My Project

The books in this project are ones students have been begging to read! Most of the books have been recently published. Some are the newest addition to favorite series. Others are books that supplement learning that has happened throughout various lessons in the classroom and the library.

One way to ensure students will read is to get books in their hands that they WANT to read.

These books are just that -- books that have been requested by specific students. By providing these books to my students we will continue to work on our ever-important goal of growing as readers.

Student A just learned about author Jess Keating and can't wait to read her newest book about strange animals! Student B can't wait to see what Jory John has in store for his newest book, Sour Grape! Student C has read all 11 books in the Press Start series and is waiting to dive into book 12! Student D struggled to read the I Survived chapter books, but once they came out in nonfiction he is growing his English vocabulary with the assistance of the illustrations in the newest graphic novels of the same stories.

I have stories like the ones above for each book in this project. Please make my students' holiday dreams come true by finishing the year 2022 with these brand new, sure to be beloved, books for our school library!

Mrs. Radway Lowell Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than three‑quarters 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Sour Grape (The Food Group) • Amazon Business $16.98 2 $33.96
Hey, Bruce!: An Interactive Book (Mother Bruce Series) • Amazon Business $13.99 2 $27.98
The Underland: A Branches Book (The Last Firehawk #11) • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Super Rabbit Boy World!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #12) • Amazon Business $5.99 3 $17.97
The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium • Amazon Business $17.17 1 $17.17
Eat Your Rocks, Croc!: Dr. Glider's Advice for Troubled Animals (1) • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
Gibberish • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars • Amazon Business $15.82 1 $15.82
An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! Volume 5 (Elephant and Piggie Book, An) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Killer Underwear Invasion!: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Conspiracy Theories • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles (Who Did It First?) • Amazon Business $14.10 1 $14.10
The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Revolution • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #11): From the Creator of Captain Underpants • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Big as a Giant Snail (The World of Weird Animals) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Set Your Alarm, Sloth!: More Advice for Troubled Animals from Dr. Glider • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Creepy Crayon! (Creepy Tales!) • Amazon Business $12.72 1 $12.72
Narwhalicorn and Jelly (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #7) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Apple of My Pie: (A Graphic Novel) (Norma and Belly) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
The Bat (Disgusting Critters) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Mosquito (Disgusting Critters) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Flubby Will Not Take a Bath • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #5) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #6) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Fred's Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers • Amazon Business $9.76 1 $9.76
Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 17) • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
What's Inside A Flower?: And Other Questions About Science & Nature • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Bad Guys in the Others?! (The Bad Guys #16) • Amazon Business $5.78 1 $5.78
Flubby Will Not Go to Sleep • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$427.26

Vendor shipping charges

$3.99

Sales tax

$23.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$491.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.68

Total project goal

$577.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$577.84

5 Donors

-$320.54

Donations toward project cost

-$282.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.08

match offer

-$245.53

Match offer toward project cost

-$208.70

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.83

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.77

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$0.00

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