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Mrs. Patterson Moore from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Please Help Us, We Enjoy Reading!

My students need 20 copies of "Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship" and single copies of 40+ additional books.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Patterson Moore's classroom raised $596

This project is fully funded

My Students

I am truly embarrassed by the number of non-fiction books I have in my classroom library. The ones that I do have are too easy for my fourth graders to read. Last school year I decided to read non-fiction books that connect with the history of African Americans. My students loved the connection!

I have a great group of precocious students.

It makes me sad when I visit other schools. When I look at the school and classroom libraries, I comment about how many books they have. I wish my classroom had a fraction of genres that those schools have. I chose to teach because I believe that even the neediest students deserve a good education. My students love books and are eager to learn. Studies show that students, especially urban students, struggle with non-fiction books. My students love to read and listen to non-fiction books. They are very curious about the world around them. I try hard to provide my students with high-quality non-fiction books, especially those with real photographs.

My Project

I will use these books for reading, writing, and social studies. I believe that with these books my students will learn a lot about their history while enjoying the reading. A donation like this would be one of the best things to happen to the students. These book will inspire them to continue reading nonfiction.

Statistics state that if a child is not reading by fourth grade, there is very little hope that this student will read fluently.

My students love to read and in order to make them well rounded students they need to be exposed to different genres. Please help my students !

Mrs. Patterson Moore Thurgood Marshall Lower School Grades 3-5

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Nearly all 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Rosa Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Phillip Hoose • Barnes and Noble $13.64 1 $13.64
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? Bonnie Bader, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Who Was Harriet Tubman? Yona Zeldis McDonough, Nancy Harrison (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
The Story of Ruby Bridges Robert Coles, George Ford (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Black Heroes of the American Revolution Burke Davis, Foreword by Edward W. Brooke • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
A Kid's Guide to African American History: More Than 70 Activities Nancy I. Sanders • Barnes and Noble $12.14 1 $12.14
The Buffalo Soldiers and the American West Jason Glaser, Charles Barnett (Illustrator), Tod Smith (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl Tonya Bolden • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
John Brown: His Fight for Freedom John Hendrix • Barnes and Noble $15.39 1 $15.39
Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad Marlene Targ Brill, Janice Lee Porter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Sojourner Truth: Voice For Freedom (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Kathleen Kudlinski, Lenny Wooden (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
As Good as Anybody Richard Michelson, Raul Colon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
A Picture Book of Thurgood Marshall David A. Adler, Robert Casilla (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Escape from Slavery: Five Journeys to Freedom Doreen Rappaport, Charles Lilly (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
We Shall Overcome: A Song That Changed the World Stuart Stotts, Terrance Cummings (Illustrator), Foreword by Pete Seegar • Barnes and Noble $15.39 1 $15.39
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Young Man with a Dream (Childhood of Famous Americans Series) Dharathula H. Millender, Al Fiorentino (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters Andrea Davis Pinkney, Stephen Alcorn (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.10 1 $17.10
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement Rick Bowers, Foreword by Wade Henderson • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76
Great Migration: An American Story Jacob Lawrence, Jacob Lawrence (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington Stephen Marchesi, Stephen Marchesi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Hard Labor: The First African Americans, 1619 Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack Jr., Joseph Daniel Fiedler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer Linda Lowery, Linda Lowery Keep, Janice Lee Porter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement From 1954 to 1968 Diane McWhorter • Barnes and Noble $18.66 1 $18.66
Still I Rise: A Graphic History of African Americans Roland Laird, Taneshia Nash Laird, Elihu "Adofo" Bey (Illustrator), Foreword by Charles Johnson • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry Scott Reynolds Nelson, Marc Aronson, With Marc Aronson • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Amistad: The Story of a Slave Ship Patricia McKissack, Sanna Stanley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 20 $68.20
If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King Levine, Anna Rich (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Remember: The Journey to School Integration Toni Morrison • Barnes and Noble $14.62 1 $14.62
Coretta Scott Ntozake Shange, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.61 1 $14.61
Frederick Douglass: A Noble Life David A. Adler • Barnes and Noble $15.39 1 $15.39
Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change Michelle Cook, Pat Cummings (Illustrator), James Ransome (Illustrator), Eric Velasquez (Illustrator), Leo Dillon (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks Faith Ringgold, Faith Ringgold (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Christine King Farris, Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator), Chris Soentpiet (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
The Bill of Rights : Protecting Our Freedom Then and Now Syl Sobel J.D. • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Leon's Story Leon Walter Tillage, Susan L. Roth (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights Russell Freedman • Barnes and Noble $12.31 1 $12.31
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood up by Sitting Down Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball: (Step into Reading Books Series: A Step 5 Book) Jim O'Connor • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Escape North!: The Story of Harriet Tubman Monica Kulling, Teresa Flavin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Carole Boston Weatherford, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.93 1 $10.93
A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass David A. Adler, Samuel Byrd (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93

Materials cost

$464.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$506.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.31

Total project goal

$595.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $595.38

1 Donor

-$97.00

Donations toward project cost

-$82.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.55

match offer

-$498.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$423.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.76

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