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Mr. Kessler from Kansas City, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Books for Young Readers

Help me give my students fun, interesting, and engaging material to help develop positive reading habits outside of school.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Kessler's classroom raised $617

This project is fully funded

My Project

I teach English Language Arts in a Title One school in urban Kansas City, Missouri. The skills we develop are all aimed at honing student literacy. Students need fun and engaging text to practice with outside of school.

This goal of this project is to curate a diverse collection of engaging graphic novels, Manga, and comic books for students to check out and take home.

This will allow students to cultivate habits of reading for fun on their own time. Reading for pleasure is a positive avenue to improve literacy.

With brand new text from this project, we can keep the classroom library stocked full of interesting titles for students. These books will capture the imaginations of young readers and encourage their development. If scholars can find value in literature as a hobby, they will find more success academically and become lifelong learners.

Mr. Kessler Northeast Middle School Grades 6-8

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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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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

111 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Hero Academia Series(Vol 1-15) Collection 15 Books Set By Kohei Horikoshi • Amazon Business $86.00 1 $86.00
Hip Hop Family Tree: The Omnibus • Amazon Business $45.73 1 $45.73
Otherworld Barbara Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Wrath Of Fantomas • Amazon Business $29.99 1 $29.99
Afro Samurai Vol.1-2 Boxed Set (Afro Samurai, 1-2) • Amazon Business $29.94 1 $29.94
Lone Wolf and Cub Omnibus Volume 1 • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Middlewest: The Complete Tale • Amazon Business $24.17 1 $24.17
Harrow County Omnibus Volume 1 (Harrow County Omnibus, 1) • Amazon Business $23.49 1 $23.49
Beauty • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Sentient: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES VOL. 2 • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Chicken with Plums • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
I Hate Fairyland Volume 2: Fluff My Life • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
you left me on read • Amazon Business $13.52 1 $13.52
Beautiful Darkness • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Life of Che: An Impressionistic Biography (The Alberto Breccia Library) • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
The Moth Keeper: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
MILES MORALES: THE AVENGING AVENGER! (SPIDER-MAN) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES VOL. 1 • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
I Hate Fairyland Volume 1: Madly Ever After • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Chew Volume 1: Tasters Choice • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
Nat Turner • Amazon Business $8.23 1 $8.23

Materials cost

$478.57

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.29

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$524.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$92.48

Total project goal

$616.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $616.52

1 Donor

-$524.04

Donations toward project cost

-$524.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$92.48

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 $0.00

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