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Ms. Gale from Silver Spring, MD is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Library for Our New Classroom

My students need a wide range of 60+ books for our kindergarten grade classroom, including classics by P.D. Eastman, Dr. Seuss, Laura Numeroff and Richard Scarry.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Gale's classroom raised $982

This project is fully funded

I teach in a very diverse Kindergarten classroom in Maryland. I have sixteen students: eight boys, and eight girls. My classroom represents a microcosm of the diversity of the surrounding area--with a variety of languages, nationalities, socio-economic statuses, and cultures represented.

I am a new teacher with very few resources in my classroom. In particular, the classroom library was entirely empty when I arrived. I would like to be able to supply my students with high quality books that they will enjoy throughout the year.

My students have a wide range of abilities--from those who struggle with letter identification, to those who read on a near second grade level. I believe this project is important because it will provide my students with a wide range of books--both for read-alouds and independent reading. By having a variety of subject matters in the library, I hope to make the library appealing to all students. This will increase their interest in reading and hopefully increase their academic progress.

My students are very enthusiastic about reading, and I know that having a wide variety of books will feed this appetite and allow them to become lifelong learners and readers.

Ms. Gale Sligo Creek Elementary School Grades PreK-2 Silver Spring, MD View local requests 16 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister, Marcus Pfister (Illustrator), J. Alison James (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $15.16 1 $15.16
I Am a Bunny Richard Scarry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Adventures of Biscuit: Five Stories of Everyone's Favorite Puppy (I Can Read Series) Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.18 1 $7.18
Is Your Mama a Llama? Guarino, Steven Kellogg (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Frederick Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Blue Hat, Green Hat Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? Yolen, Mark Teague (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! Mo Willems, Mo Willems (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.99 1 $11.99
Tails Matthew Van Fleet, Skip Skywarek (Editor), Skip Skywarek (Director) • Barnes and Noble $11.16 1 $11.16
The Very Busy Spider Eric Carle • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Peggy Rathmann (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
All About Corduroy Don Freeman • Barnes and Noble $6.28 1 $6.28
Kissing Hand Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper (Illustrator), Nancy M. Leak (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.86 1 $11.86
The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
Let's Dance, Little Pookie Sandra Boynton • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Belly Button Book! Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
But Not the Hippopotamus Sandra Boynton, Kate Klimo (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Moo, Baa, La La La! (Boynton Board Books Series) Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Animalia Graeme Base • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Little Duck Dunn • Barnes and Noble $2.92 1 $2.92
The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams, William Nicholson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.16 1 $11.16
Richard Scarry's Longest Book Ever: 8 Feet of Lift-the-Flap Fun! Richard Scarry, Richard Scarry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day ? Richard Scarry, Richard Scarry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.20 1 $11.20
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
You're Only Old Once!: A Book for Obsolete Children Dr. Seuss • Barnes and Noble $15.96 1 $15.96
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (Bright and Early Books Series) Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.20 1 $11.20
The Sneetches & Other Stories Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Did I Ever Tell You how Lucky You Are? (Dr. Seuss Book Classics Series) Dr. Seuss, Dr Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
My Many Colored Days Board Book Dr. Seuss, Steve Johnson (Illustrator), Lou Fancher (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Fox in Socks Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish Dr. Seuss, Ring • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Happy Birthday to You! (Pop-Up) Dr. Seuss • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss • Barnes and Noble $12.59 1 $12.59
Little Einsteins: My First Picture Dictionary Susan Amerikaner • Barnes and Noble $11.99 1 $11.99
Scholastic First Dictionary Scholastic Books, Judith Levey (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
American Heritage Picture Dictionary American Heritage Dictionary (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary Dr. Seuss, P. D. Eastman, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Oxford Picture Dictionary: Monolingual Norma Shapiro, Jayme Adelson-Goldstein • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Hop on Pop Dr. Seuss, Dr Seuss • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Fly Went By Mike McClintock, Marshall McClintock, Fritz Siebel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Cat in the Hat and Others Dr. Seuss, Dr Seuss, Read by Various • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (Dr. Seuss Classics Series) Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
The Saggy Baggy Elephant Golden Press • Barnes and Noble $2.69 1 $2.69
Pat the Bunny (Touch and Feel Books Series) Edith Kunhardt Davies • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Poky Little Puppy Sebring Lowrey • Barnes and Noble $2.69 1 $2.69
Eloise the Ultimate Edition Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $35.99 1 $35.99
Mad about Madeline: The Complete Tales Ludwig Bemelmans, Anna Quindlen (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $28.00 1 $28.00
Lizards for Lunch: A Roadrunners Tale Conrad J. Storad, Beth Neely (Illustrator), Don Rantz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Art Lesson Tomie de Paola, Tomie de Paola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Knight and the Dragon Tomie de Paola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Cookie's Week Cindy Ward, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator), Tomie de Paola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Paper Bag Princess Robert N. Munsch, Michael Munsch, Michael Martchenko (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
If You Give a Pig a Pancake Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.04 1 $11.04
Horton Hears a Who! Dr. Seuss, Kallen, Welton • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Horton Hatches the Egg Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Are You My Mother? P. D. Eastman, P. D. Eastman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Stellaluna Janell Cannon, Jewell Cannon • Barnes and Noble $13.60 1 $13.60
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
Big Words for Little People Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories Hans Christian Andersen • Barnes and Noble $17.98 1 $17.98
Lorax Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96

Materials cost

$670.31

Vendor shipping charges

$67.03

Sales tax

$33.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.76

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$805.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$176.71

Total project goal

$981.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$981.71

7 Donors

-$981.71

Donations toward project cost

-$805.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$176.71

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