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Ms. Inkeles from Poughkeepsie NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Popular Library Books vs. Backpack Water Bottles: Water Bottles Win

Help me give my students the library books they want to read. Our original copies were lost or damaged and are no longer in our collection, but having new or hardcover copies will help them last longer.

  • $256 goal

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My Project

The library services 360 students in grades 3-6, and students visit throughout the day looking for books to read. During the 2021-2022 school year, students checked out over 9,000 books! Unfortunately, with all those checkouts, some of our most popular library books have been lost or damaged by water bottle spills, gum stuck in the pages, or puppies eating the cover.

The Library is the place for students to select what they want to read regardless of reading level, required genre, or format; this is an opportunity for students to become lifelong readers.

In a study in 2006 regarding student reading choices, Edmunds and Bauserman said, "Students choose books that match their personal interests—both narrative and expository texts. Kids are also drawn to books that their friends or other trusted readers recommend."

My students are avid readers and would be thrilled to have these exciting titles replaced. Thank you for being so helpful in getting these books back into the hands of my students!

Ms. Inkeles
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl, 2) • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
The Visitor: A Graphic Novel (Animorphs #2) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Captain Awesome, Soccer Star (5) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Captain Awesome Takes a Dive (4) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Captain Awesome Vs. Nacho Cheese Man (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.80 1 $16.80
Captain Awesome and the New Kid (3) • Amazon Business $16.62 1 $16.62
Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth (Hilo Book 1) • Amazon Business $16.51 1 $16.51
The Invasion: A Graphic Novel (Animorphs #1) (1) • Amazon Business $13.19 1 $13.19
Hilo Book 6: All the Pieces Fit • Amazon Business $12.46 1 $12.46
Making Friends (Making Friends #1) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Book with No Pictures • Amazon Business $10.74 1 $10.74
Captain Awesome Saves the Winter Wonderland (6) • Amazon Business $7.42 1 $7.42
Who Would Win? Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Velociraptor • Amazon Business $3.79 1 $3.79

Materials cost

$184.48

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$217.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.34

Total project goal

$255.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $255.59

3 Donors

-$191.77

Donations toward project cost

-$165.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.27

match offer

-$60.89

Match offer toward project cost

-$51.76

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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