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Ms. Berlin-Stephens from Berkeley, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New, Shiny Books!

Help me give my students new books they want to read and some giant, fun coloring sheets!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Berlin-Stephens's classroom raised $660

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are avid readers who are excited about the newest books. We encourage students to read across all genres throughout middle school and the reading culture here is quite strong. Students frequently come to the library looking for books within certain genres to meet their reading goals.

The students here deserve to have books that are of high interest and recently published.

Middle school years are formative and we want to build life-long readers.

My Project

These books will keep my students excited to come to the library. Our budget is not big enough to keep up with the new books being released. Middle school students are all about what's "new" and if we don't have a steady flow of new books to catch their attention, it's hard to keep them reading. These books help our students stay engaged and connected to the library. As well, we have some major coloring going on at lunchtime and I know the giant coloring sheets would make these students ecstatic!

Ms. Berlin-Stephens Willard Middle School Grades 6-8 Berkeley, CA View local requests 650 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Complete Chi's Sweet Home Box Set • Amazon Business $78.18 1 $78.18
Hard-Boiled Bugs for Breakfast: And Other Tasty Poems • Amazon Business $16.94 1 $16.94
Last Pick • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Hello (From Here) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Lion of Mars • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
ALEX Art, Large Coloring Poster - Unicorn Arts and Crafts - Giant Table Coloring Sheet for Girl Gifts - Super Huge Wall Coloring Posters for Kids - Extra Jumbo Floor Size Big Coloring Page Book • Amazon Business $14.97 1 $14.97
Giant Coloring Poster Mandala Madness for Kids and Adults - Great for Family Time, Girls, Boys, Arts and Crafts, Adults, Care Facilities, Schools and Group Activities • Amazon Business $14.97 1 $14.97
ALEX Art, Large Coloring Poster - Dragon Big Giant Coloring Sheets - Family Jumbo Wall Coloring Pages - Super Huge Coloring Posters for Kids - Children Table Floor Poster Size 38.5”x26.7” • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Flashback (7) (Keeper of the Lost Cities) • Amazon Business $14.81 1 $14.81
The House That Wasn't There • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Cold War Correspondent (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #11): A Korean War Tale • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Blades of Freedom (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #10): A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Fox & Little Tanuki, Volume 1 (1) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Long Distance • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes • Amazon Business $12.04 1 $12.04
Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Novel, The) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Jar Melo Giant Coloring Poster for Kids; World Map Jumbo Coloring Poster Wall, 45.3" x 31.5"; Doodle Art Coloring, Drawing Fun-Super Painter, Stocking Stuffer • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Cardboard Kingdom #2: Roar of the Beast • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Call Down the Hawk (The Dreamer Trilogy, Book 1) (1) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Clash (A Click Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
Little Witch Academia, Vol. 3 (manga) (Little Witch Academia, 3) • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 5 (5) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 2 • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Friends Forever (Friends, 3) • Amazon Business $9.27 1 $9.27
Lodestar (5) (Keeper of the Lost Cities) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Legacy (8) (Keeper of the Lost Cities) • Amazon Business $8.54 1 $8.54
Big Nate Lives It Up (Big Nate, 7) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Big Nate: In the Zone (Big Nate, 6) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Big Nate Blasts Off (Big Nate, 8) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Chance to Fly • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Dog Man: Fetch-22: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #8) • Amazon Business $7.76 1 $7.76
The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms (The Land of Stories, 4) • 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

Materials cost

$479.37

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$43.86

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$560.42

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.90

Total project goal

$659.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$659.32

3 Donors

-$659.32

Donations toward project cost

-$560.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$98.90

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$0.00

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