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MORE Irresistible Books to Delight Second Grade Readers

Help me give my students a classroom library bursting with the books of their dreams!

This project expired on May 18, 2022.

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Ms. Keith Greenleaf TK - 8 School
Oakland, CA Grades PreK-2

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I teach at an ethnically and linguistically diverse Title I school in East Oakland, where over 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. A majority of students speak Spanish at home. To better serve our community, we are moving towards becoming a dual immersion school -- this year, our first Dual Language students are in fourth grade!

My room is filled with the most brilliant second graders you'll ever meet.

They work hard every day, eager and excited to learn. Our students come from families who often have limited formal education, but possess vast community cultural wealth. Our school vision is built around working in partnership with families to shepherd our students from kinder to eighth grade. We work to achieve academic excellence through bilingualism and bi-literacy, build cross-cultural competencies in our students, and honor our students' capacity to improve the world as social change agents. Perhaps most importantly, we seek to create and maintain a foundation of love and care that pulses through our school.

My Project

When I started teaching here seven years ago, I inherited a vast library of thousands of books, most leveled according to the F&P system. However, in recent years, we have moved away from this assessment system and the practice of leveled libraries. Even as we have gotten more serious about doing systematic phonics instruction to enable our students to become fluent readers, we are returning with renewed vigor to the idea that cultivating a love of reading requires so much more than decoding proficiency. That means books organized according to theme or genre, and in particular, it means books that students are super freakin' excited to read!

The most important thing to do now is build up a class collection of books that kids can't keep their hands and eyes off.

Several projects have already helped get this process off to a brilliant start, but there are still many opportunities to continue building our library! For this project, I consulted with both my students and our school librarian to bulk out our selection with titles that students are EXTREMELY EXCITED about.

This project requests some beloved series: Desmond Cole, Ghost Patrol / Yasmin / The Bad Guys / Dog Man (can't keep 'em on the shelves!) / Little Tails (yes, 3 copies each: they're that popular!).

There are also some pop-culture tie-ins: Ninjago / Star Wars / Pokemon.

Students go bananas for Mo Willems' Elephant & Piggie and Pigeon books; this project requests his other wonderful publications.

And finally, the Little People, Big Dreams series of biographies is much beloved by certain students, who are going to tear through every one of the titles I've requested.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

70 students impacted 5 donors
Ms. Keith Greenleaf TK - 8 School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pokemon Super Collection Series Books 1-15 Box Set • Amazon Business $57.78 2 $115.56
Little Tails in the Jungle (Little Tails Wildlife Adventures, 2) • Amazon Business $14.99 3 $44.97
Little Tails in the Savannah (Little Tails, 3) • Amazon Business $14.99 3 $44.97
Little Tails in Prehistory (Little Tails, 4) • Amazon Business $14.99 3 $44.97
Little Tails Under the Sea (Little Tails, 6) • Amazon Business $14.99 3 $44.97
Little Tails in the Forest (Little Tails Wildlife Adventures) • Amazon Business $14.48 3 $43.44
Dog Man: The Supa Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-6 Box Set) • Amazon Business $37.90 1 $37.90
Little Tails on the Farm (Little Tails, 5) • Amazon Business $12.62 3 $37.86
The Bad Guys Even Badder Box Set (The Bad Guys #6-10) • Amazon Business $20.60 1 $20.60
Mission To Space • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Little People Big Dreams Ella Fitzgerald /anglais • Amazon Business $18.10 1 $18.10
The Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol Collection: The Haunted House Next Door; Ghosts Don't Ride Bikes, Do They?; Surf's Up, Creepy Stuff!; Night of the Zombie Zookeeper • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol Collection #3: Now Museum, Now You Don't; Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun; Escape from the Roller Ghoster; Beware the Werewolf • Amazon Business $17.62 1 $17.62
That Is Not a Good Idea! • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Sam, the Most Scaredy-cat Kid in the Whole World: A Leonardo, the Terrible Monster Companion • Amazon Business $16.79 1 $16.79
Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct • Amazon Business $16.53 1 $16.53
LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS ZAHA HADID /ANGLAIS • Amazon Business $16.29 1 $16.29
Evonne Goolagong Cawley (44) (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $16.21 1 $16.21
Megan Rapinoe (Volume 55) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 55) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT /ANGLAIS • Amazon Business $15.86 1 $15.86
Bruce Lee (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $15.67 1 $15.67
Jane Goodall (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 21) • Amazon Business $15.64 1 $15.64
RuPaul (Volume 61) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 61) • Amazon Business $15.60 1 $15.60
Corazon Aquino (43) (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $15.45 1 $15.45
Aretha Franklin (44) (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $15.42 1 $15.42
LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAM DAVID BOWIE /ANGLAIS • Amazon Business $15.16 1 $15.16
Nanette's Baguette • Amazon Business $14.96 1 $14.96
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale • Amazon Business $13.93 1 $13.93
Prince (Volume 54) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 54) • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Josephine Baker (Volume 16) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 16) • Amazon Business $13.05 1 $13.05
Pele (46) (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Little People Big Dreams Artists /anglais • Amazon Business $12.38 1 $12.38
World of Reading Star Wars Boxed Set: Level 1 (World of Reading, Level 1: Star Wars) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Who Is the Mystery Reader? (An Unlimited Squirrels Book) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs: As Retold by Mo Willems • Amazon Business $11.25 1 $11.25
Because • Amazon Business $11.12 1 $11.12
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
Time to Sleep, Sheep the Sheep! (Cat the Cat (Hardcover)) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Cat the Cat, Who Is That? (Cat the Cat (Hardcover)) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Scotch Magic Tape, 6 Rolls, Numerous Applications, Invisible, Engineered for Repairing, 3/4 x 650 Inches (6122) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
What's Your Sound, Hound the Hound? (Cat the Cat (Hardcover)) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Stevie Wonder (Volume 56) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 56) • Amazon Business $10.60 1 $10.60
Dolly Parton (Volume 28) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 28) • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Muhammad Ali (Volume 26) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 26) • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
Yasmin The Teacher • Amazon Business $10.08 1 $10.08
LEGO Ninjago 5-Minute Stories (LEGO Ninjago) • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
Greta Thunberg (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 40) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Let's Say Hi to Friends Who Fly! (Cat the Cat Series, 2) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
World of Reading Star Wars Boxed Set: Level 2 • Amazon Business $9.90 1 $9.90
Harriet Tubman (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 13) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Malala Yousafzai (Volume 57) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 57) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Martin Luther King Jr. (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 33) • Amazon Business $9.76 1 $9.76
Alan Turing (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 38) • Amazon Business $9.60 1 $9.60
Maya Angelou (Volume 4) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 4) • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Amelia Earhart (Volume 3) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 3) • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Guess What!? (An Unlimited Squirrels Book) (Unlimited Squirrels, 4) • Amazon Business $9.50 1 $9.50
Rosa Parks (Volume 9) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 9) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Frida Kahlo (Volume 2) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 2) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Mahatma Gandhi (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 25) • Amazon Business $9.45 1 $9.45
Marie Curie (Volume 6) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 6) • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
Jesse Owens (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 42) • Amazon Business $9.38 1 $9.38
I Want to Sleep Under the Stars! (An Unlimited Squirrels Book) • Amazon Business $8.97 1 $8.97
I Lost My Tooth! (An Unlimited Squirrels Book) (Unlimited Squirrels, 1) • Amazon Business $8.18 1 $8.18
Who Sleeps, Cat the Cat? • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dog Man: Fetch-22: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #8) • Amazon Business $7.76 1 $7.76
Ada Lovelace (Volume 10) (Little People, BIG DREAMS, 10) • Amazon Business $7.20 1 $7.20
The Bad Guys in Open Wide and Say Arrrgh! (The Bad Guys #15) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Who Flies, Cat the Cat? (Cat the Cat (Hardcover)) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Dog Man: Mothering Heights: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #10): From the Creator of Captain Underpants (10) • Amazon Business $6.62 1 $6.62
Dog Man: Grime and Punishment: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #9): From the Creator of Captain Underpants (9) • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48
Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #7) • Amazon Business $6.43 1 $6.43
The Bad Guys in the Dawn of the Underlord (The Bad Guys #11) • Amazon Business $6.28 1 $6.28
The Sleepwalking Snowman (7) (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Vampire Ate My Homework (13) (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Campfire Stories (8) (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Scary Library Shusher (5) (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Wants I Scream? (14) (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Yasmin the Builder • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Chef • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Fashionista • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Give It a Try, Yasmin! • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Explorer • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Scientist • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
You Can Do It, Yasmin! • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Superhero • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Recycler • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Singer • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Writer • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Painter • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Meet Yasmin! • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Gardener • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Yasmin the Librarian • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Major Monster Mess (6) (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol) • Amazon Business $5.89 1 $5.89
The Bad Guys in Intergalactic Gas (The Bad Guys #5) (5) • Amazon Business $5.08 1 $5.08
The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You! (The Bad Guys #14) (14) • Amazon Business $5.08 1 $5.08
The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys #1) (1) • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
The Bad Guys in Cut to the Chase (The Bad Guys #13) (13) • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
The Bad Guys in The One?! (The Bad Guys #12) (12) • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
The Bad Guys in Attack of the Zittens (The Bad Guys #4) (4) • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
A Ninja's Path (LEGO Ninjago: Reader) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
DK Readers Level 2: LEGO NINJAGO How To Be A Ninja • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
DK Readers L1: LEGO NINJAGO: Ninja in Action (DK Readers Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
DK Readers L2: Star Wars : Lightsaber Battles (DK Readers Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
DK Readers L1: Star Wars : What is a Droid? (DK Readers Level 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
DK Readers L2: LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (DK Readers Level 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable (The Bad Guys #2) (2) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
The Bad Guys in The Furball Strikes Back (The Bad Guys #3) (3) • Amazon Business $4.62 1 $4.62
DK Readers L2: LEGO Star Wars: Free the Galaxy: Discover the Rebels' Secrets! (DK Readers Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
DK Readers L2: LEGO Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (DK Readers Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
DK Readers L2: Star Wars: The Adventures of BB-8: Discover BB-8's Secret Mission (DK Readers Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
DK Readers L0: Star Wars: Can You Spot a Jedi?: Find Out How to Tell a Droid from a Jedi! (DK Readers Pre-Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
DK Readers L2: LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens (DK Readers Level 2) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Star Wars: Clone Troopers in Action (DK Readers, Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
The Titanium Ninja (LEGO Ninjago: Reader) • Amazon Business $3.79 1 $3.79
The Rescue Mission (LEGO Ninjago: Reader) (11) • Amazon Business $3.79 1 $3.79
DK Readers L1: Star Wars: Who Saved the Galaxy? (DK Readers Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.78 1 $3.78
DK Readers L1: LEGO Star Wars: A New Hope (DK Readers Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.78 1 $3.78
DK Readers L1 LEGO® Star Wars Secrets of the Dark Side (DK Readers Level 1) • Amazon Business $3.49 1 $3.49
DK Readers Level 2: LEGO Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker • Amazon Business $2.99 1 $2.99

Materials cost

$1,424.95

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.79

Sales tax

 $130.38

3rd party payment processing fee

$21.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,610.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$284.20

Total project goal

$1,894.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,894.69

4 Donors

-$378.94

Donations toward project cost

-$322.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.84

match offer

-$1,515.75

Match offer toward project cost

-$1,288.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$227.36

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