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Mrs. Budge from Logan UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Plant the Seed of Knowledge... Grow Our Library!

Help me give my students technology, imagination building, and diversity books to improve reading abilities!

  • $1,007 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Each library visit begins with a story. Children ages 5 to 11 gather round me as we dive into magical kingdoms, rage at injustice and rise up with the brave. Fiction, non-fiction, all stories ignite the imagination that lights the way to knowledge. As a Title I school, my students come from diverse multi-cultural backgrounds and learning levels. They are energetic, creative and eager to learn --whether they speak English, Spanish or Bengali! They are anxious to read "hard" books, and need the tools to improve their immerging reading skills.

My students are finding their place in the world, and learning to read helps them make informed decisions, be better citizens, and kinder world neighbors.

The library is a place where they can see other worlds and other cultures, as well as themselves and what they can become. Funding this project will help an entire school of children, K-5 grades, have books they are excited to read, and as they read, become better readers, laying a foundation for success in school and beyond.

My Project

Early chapter books give confidence to emerging readers, especially students who are reading below grade level. Having a chapter book instead of picture books designed for young children gives older kids social confidence while giving them the tools they need for success.

These new short chapter books and graphic novels will propel emerging readers into confident readers-- bridging the gap between when learning to read is hard and when it becomes fun.

Our K-5 library services readers of all abilities, from English language learners to well advanced readers. Books open the world for children whose world is limited and challenging. Library books can be taken home when in-person school is limited, helping kids stay on track academically. If we make reading fun and relevant, children will thrive--at home and at school.

"Teach a child to read and he will be forever free"-- Frederick Douglass.

Mrs. Budge
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elephant and Piggie (17 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $127.08 1 $127.08
Amulet (8 Books) • AKJ Education $81.55 1 $81.55
Shining Stars Activity Mats for Indoor and Outdoor Use - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $16.16 5 $80.80
Thea Stilton (7 Book Set) • AKJ Education $47.58 1 $47.58
My Weird School (10 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $37.34 1 $37.34
Bad Kitty (7 Bk Set) • AKJ Education $36.61 1 $36.61
Time Timer Originals, Audible, 12 Inch • School Specialty $29.99 1 $29.99
The Year We Learned to Fly • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Timelines from Black History Leaders Legends Legacies • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Be Bold Be Brave 11 Latinas Who Made US History • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Rosie Revere, Engineer • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Iggy Peck, Architect • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Neighborhood Sharks • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Watercress • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Unspeakable • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Last Cuentista • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Dot • AKJ Education $10.95 1 $10.95
Dragonbreath #6 • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Dragonbreath #3 • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Dragonbreath #7 When Fairies Go Bad • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Black Inventors 15 Inventions that Changed the World • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Science Comics: Coral Reefs Cities of the Ocean • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Science Comics: Flying Machines • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Malala My Story of Standing Up for Girls Rights • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00
Thea Stilton and the Cherry Blossom Adventure A Geronimo Stilton Adventure • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Dragonbreath #1 • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Thea Stilton and the Mystery on the Orient Express A Geronimo Stilton Adventure • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Thea Stilton and the Star Castaways • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Guys Read: Funny Business Funny Business • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Guys Read: Thriller Thriller • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Guys Read: The Sports Pages The Sports Pages • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Sir Cumference and the Off-the-Charts Dessert • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Rain Forests (Research Guide) • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #31: China • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Pilgrims • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Sabertooths and the Ice Age • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Polar Bears and the Arctic: A Nonfiction Companion to Polar Bears Past Bedtime • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #1: Dinosaurs a Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Knights and Castles: A Companion to the Knight at Dawn • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Twisters and Other Terrible Storms • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Pirates • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
American Revolution • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #3: Mummies and Pyramids A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #3: Mummies in the Morning • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Manga Math Mysteries 1 The Lost Key • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Lunch Lady #2: Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Space • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Titanic: A Nonfiction Companion to Tonight on the Titanic • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Dolphins and Sharks • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Fancy Nancy: Best Reading Buddies • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Fancy Nancy at the Museum • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$799.82

Vendor shipping charges

 $14.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$855.82

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$151.03

Total project goal

$1,006.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,006.85

2 Donors

-$1,006.85

Donations toward project cost

-$855.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$151.03

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