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Ms. Amara from San Diego, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Books and Book Buddies!

Help me give my students new books and book plush buddies to read with.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Amara's classroom raised $222

This project is fully funded

My Project

Books! The gateway to fantastic worlds full of whimsical characters, tremendous settings, and heartfelt lessons that benefit us all. With this project, and your amazing donations, I am adding to my classroom library with new books such as The Day the Crayons Quit, Dragons Love Tacos, and The Smart Cookie that go along side different ELA units. Along with these new books, I am including plush characters that make the books come to life and help students build connections with the reading material. Students will be able to hold their new plush "book buddies" while reading to them the very story these characters come from.

Ms. Amara Rolando Park Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

26 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
MerryMakers Dragons Love Tacos Plush Doll, 10-Inch, Red • Amazon Business $16.70 1 $16.70
Goodnight, Butterfly (A Very Impatient Caterpillar Book) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
MerryMakers Stellaluna Plush Doll, 8-Inch • Amazon Business $14.85 1 $14.85
The Smart Cookie (The Food Group) • Amazon Business $13.27 1 $13.27
Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $12.64 1 $12.64
MerryMakers The Day the Crayons Quit Red Soft Plush Crayon Toy, 12-Inch, from Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffer's The Day the Crayon's Quit Book Series • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
The Little Butterfly That Could (A Very Impatient Caterpillar Book) • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel • Amazon Business $10.52 1 $10.52
MerryMakers The Day the Crayons Quit Orange Soft Plush Crayon Toy, 12-Inch, from Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffer's The Day the Crayons Quit Book Series • Amazon Business $10.10 1 $10.10
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon Business $9.19 1 $9.19
Dragons Love Tacos • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
The Snail and the Whale • Amazon Business $8.32 1 $8.32

Materials cost

$143.32

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$13.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$188.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$33.28

Total project goal

$221.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$221.86

2 Donors

-$221.86

Donations toward project cost

-$188.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.28

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$0.00

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