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Mrs. Simon from Philadelphia PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Not Just Books, a Whole Adventure!

Help me give my students a love for reading by creating a library with books that will give them something they can pick up and enjoy.

  • 1 donor
  • $231 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

My students are incredible! They are kind, and hard working, but don't always have access to everything they need to succeed. Can you imagine going into your reading classroom and all the books are old and falling apart?

Help me create a library that my students can go to and "take out" books they can enjoy in class.

Books that are new, exciting, and just for them. I want them to find that one book that will get them excited to read, so they can then find another, and another.

We all can recall what it was like to be forced to read something you didn't enjoy. You never loved reading until you found that one book. Let me help them find theirs!

Mrs. Simon
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
4 Elementary Favorites #1 (Ages 8-12): Black Boy Joy, A Good Kind of Trouble, Stamped (For Kids), Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition (book set) • MahoganyBooks $46.00 2 $92.00
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set (paperback book set) • MahoganyBooks $21.57 1 $21.57
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth • Amazon Business $8.81 2 $17.62
Orton Gillingham Decodable 3rd Grade Readers. Easy decodable texts to improve reading and writing skills in struggling readers and kids with dyslexia. Volume 4. Black & White Edition. 8-9 years. • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up • AKJ Education $5.10 2 $10.20

Materials cost

$152.38

Vendor shipping charges

 $11.36

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$196.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$34.59

Total project goal

$230.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $230.62

1 Donor

-$230.62

Donations toward project cost

-$196.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.59

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