The cost of various fiction books from Barnes & Noble, AKJ Educational Services and Lakeshore Learning is $809, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.
I am a sixth grade teacher on the south side of Chicago. I have 28 children in my classroom and I teach them all subjects. My school is in a very low income neighborhood and there is a great need for supplies. Just about everything in my classroom library I have purchased. There is no school library, so whatever books I have is what my students get to read. I have been working very hard for the last six years to build an exciting and full classroom library. By shopping garage sales and second hand stores, I have found a lot. But as I organized my library at the beginning of the year, I realized most of the books in my library are fiction. I am desperately trying to add different genres. It is so important for students to be exposed to as many different forms of writing as possible. I would love to have more mythology, poetry, historical fiction, short stories, and biographies. With more options for the students to choose from, the more likely they are to find a book that they truly enjoy. I am also organizing my library by genres and would love some bins to put the books in. Each genre has a color and I would like bins that correspond with each genre. Success in school and success in life depends on the ability to read. Students should have the opportunity to learn this skill with books that they love and are interested in. Please help me to reach this goal, so my students now and in the future will develop a love for reading!
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
GG963X - Help-Yourself Book Boxes - Set of 6
• Lakeshore Learning
$29.95
10
$299.50
D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire (Illustrator), Edgar Parin D'Aulaire (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$23.96
1
$23.96
Barack Obama: Working to Make a Difference Marlene Targ Targ Brill
• Barnes and Noble
$21.53
1
$21.53
Pizza the Size of the Sun Jack Prelutsky, James Stevenson, James Stevenson (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$14.39
1
$14.39
Where the Sidewalk Ends: 30th Anniversary Special Edition Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$14.39
1
$14.39
A Light in the Attic Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$14.39
1
$14.39
Tawanna's Children's Short Story Collections Tawanna Bumpus, Elayna Jenkins (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$13.45
1
$13.45
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich Adam Rex
• Barnes and Noble
$12.80
1
$12.80
Dream Keeper and Other Poems
• AKJ Educational Services
$7.84
1
$7.84
All the Small Poems and Fourteen More Valerie Worth, Natalie Babbitt (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$7.15
1
$7.15
The Iliad Homer, Victor G. Ambrus (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$7.15
1
$7.15
Gods and Goddesses of Olympus Aliki, Aliki (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.29
1
$6.29
Oprah Winfrey Heather C. Hudak, Heather C Hudak
• Barnes and Noble
$6.25
1
$6.25
Out of the Dust
• AKJ Educational Services
$6.10
1
$6.10
On The Fringe
• AKJ Educational Services
$6.10
1
$6.10
Breaking Through
• AKJ Educational Services
$6.06
1
$6.06
Baseball in April and Other Stories Gary Soto
• Barnes and Noble
$5.40
1
$5.40
Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems Eloise Greenfield, Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$5.39
1
$5.39
Odyssey Homer, W. H. Rouse, W. H. Rouse (Translator), Rouse W. H. D. (Translator)
• Barnes and Noble
$5.35
1
$5.35
Baseball in April and Other Stories
• AKJ Educational Services
$5.23
1
$5.23
Bronx Masquerade
• AKJ Educational Services
$5.22
1
$5.22
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
• AKJ Educational Services
$5.22
1
$5.22
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
• AKJ Educational Services
$5.22
1
$5.22
Gathering of Flowers: Stories About Being Young in America
• AKJ Educational Services
$5.22
1
$5.22
Ballad of Lucy Whipple
• AKJ Educational Services
$5.22
1
$5.22
Keeping Room
• AKJ Educational Services
$5.22
1
$5.22
Jazmin's Notebook
• AKJ Educational Services
$5.22
1
$5.22
Who Was Harriet Tubman? Yona Zeldis McDonough, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
On the Court with... Michael Jordan Matt Christopher
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
The Land of the Dead (Tales from the Odyssey Series #2) Mary Pope Osborne, Troy Howell (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
The Gray-Eyed Goddess (Tales from the Odyssey Series #4) Mary Pope Osborne, Troy Howell
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
Story of George Washington Carver (Scholastic Biography) Eva Moore, Alexander Anderson (Illustrator), Alexander Anderson (Photographer)
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
Who Was Harry Houdini? Tui T. Sutherland, John O'Brien (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
On the Course with... Tiger Woods (Matt Christopher Sports Biographies Series) Glenn Stout
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary Walter Dean Myers
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
Greatest: Muhammad Ali
• AKJ Educational Services
$4.35
1
$4.35
The DK Readers: The Story of Muhammad Ali (Level 4: Proficient Readers), Vol. 4 Leslie Garrett, DK Publishing
• Barnes and Noble
$3.59
1
$3.59
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War (Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 4 Book) Emily Little, Michael Eagle (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$3.59
1
$3.59
Materials cost
$572.71
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Fulfillment labor & materials
Total project cost
$663.18
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$145.58
Total project goal
$808.76
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$808.76
1 Donor
-$762.66
Donations toward project cost
-$664.00
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