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Mrs. Secondi from Charlotte, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Picture Books Open Up Possibilities! Part 2

Help me give my students a variety of inspiring, entertaining, and thought-provoking picture books.

  • $418 goal

This project expired on August 6, 2025.

This project expired on August 6, 2025.

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

These books will continue to enhance the print-rich classroom that I strive to create and allow me to continue to have more enriching picture books available to read aloud to my students. I read a picture book to my students every day, sometimes multiple times a day. It would be helpful to have more available in my classroom library for me and my students to access.

No kid is too old to enjoy the wonder a picture book has to offer.

My students love to get cozy on the carpet and hear and look at a new book. Some of the best classroom discussions happen after we share a picture book in an upper elementary classroom.

The books in this project will be used in a variety of ways. Picture books can be great tools to teach social and emotional skills and to aid in tough discussions and topics. Picture books are helpful in writing and reading lessons as high-quality mentor texts. The possibilities are endless with GREAT picture books!

Mrs. Secondi J.H. Gunn Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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.

Charlotte, NC View local requests

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

60 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Poetree • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Waiting on Mr. Sloth • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
When I Draw a Panda • Amazon Business $16.32 1 $16.32
Nacho's Nachos: The Story Behind the World's Favorite Snack • Amazon Business $15.96 1 $15.96
An Ordinary Day • Amazon Business $15.85 1 $15.85
The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Unplugged • Amazon Business $14.45 1 $14.45
Blue Bison Needs a Haircut (The Bison Family Series) • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
On Account of the Gum • Amazon Business $12.74 1 $12.74
One Cool Friend • Amazon Business $11.70 1 $11.70
The Sandwich Swap • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Happy Birthday, Cupcake! • Amazon Business $11.54 1 $11.54
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Mixed: A Colorful Story • Amazon Business $11.44 1 $11.44
Nobody Hugs a Cactus • Amazon Business $11.25 1 $11.25
Gold! • Amazon Business $11.11 1 $11.11
Sincerely, Emerson: A Girl, Her Letter, and the Helpers All Around Us • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History • Amazon Business $10.23 1 $10.23
Anni Dreams of Biryani • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly • Amazon Business $8.09 1 $8.09
The Wolf Who Cried Boy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Hard-Boiled Bugs for Breakfast: And Other Tasty Poems • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Plot Chickens • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43
The Perfect Pet • Amazon Business $7.11 1 $7.11
Give Bees a Chance • Amazon Business $5.84 1 $5.84

Materials cost

$297.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $23.17

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$354.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$62.59

Total project goal

$417.28

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