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Ms. Nowak from East Chicago IN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Readers Are Leaders

Help me give my students grow their love of reading by providing engaging books for their classroom library.

  • $883 goal

This project expired on November 6, 2022.

This project expired on November 6, 2022.

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

A book is a gift that keeps on giving reader after reader. I want my students to be able to have access to books that will allow them to explore, imagine, and discover new worlds. My students deserve a library with books that will engage them and be excited to go back to get another one.

Any book that helps a child form the habit of reading is good for them.

I want my students to have a wide range of genres and titles to choose from. Reading is a skill that helps students with all other content areas.

Ms. Nowak
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Weirder School 12-Book Box Set: Books 1-12 • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
My Weirder School 12-Book Box Set: Books 1-12 • Amazon Business $49.99 1 $49.99
The Judy Moody Most Mood-tastic Collection Ever: Books 1-12 • Amazon Business $46.99 1 $46.99
The Judy Moody Most Mood-tastic Collection Ever: Books 1-12 • Amazon Business $46.99 1 $46.99
NEW COLLECTION - I Survived Series Book Set I (#1 - #10) • Amazon Business $45.50 1 $45.50
Who Would Win? 10 Book Box Set • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Who Would Win? 10 Book Box Set • Amazon Business $44.99 1 $44.99
Captain Underpants 10 Books Collection • Amazon Business $32.99 1 $32.99
Captain Underpants 10 Books Collection • Amazon Business $32.99 1 $32.99
The Last Kids on Earth: The Monster Box (books 1-3) • Amazon Business $20.43 1 $20.43
The Last Kids on Earth: The Monster Box (books 1-3) • Amazon Business $20.43 1 $20.43
Eerie Elementary, Books 1-4: A Branches Box Set • Amazon Business $19.96 1 $19.96
Judy Blume's Fudge Box Set • Amazon Business $18.85 1 $18.85
Judy Blume's Fudge Box Set • Amazon Business $18.85 1 $18.85
Fourth-Grade Fuss • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Fourth-Grade Fuss • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Long Shot: Never Too Small to Dream Big • Amazon Business $15.59 1 $15.59
Bones: Skeletons and How They Work • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist (Women in Science Books, Marine Biology for Kids, Shark Gifts) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist (Women in Science Books, Marine Biology for Kids, Shark Gifts) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Dot • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
The Dot • Amazon Business $10.97 1 $10.97
A Ticket Around the World (updated edition) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
A Ticket Around the World (updated edition) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
The One and Only Bob (The One and Only Ivan, 2) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Class Dismissed • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Class Dismissed • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon Business $6.96 1 $6.96
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon Business $6.96 1 $6.96
The Magic Finger • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
The Magic Finger • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Crenshaw • Amazon Business $4.76 1 $4.76
Crenshaw • Amazon Business $4.76 1 $4.76
Wish • Amazon Business $4.41 1 $4.41
Wish • Amazon Business $4.41 1 $4.41

Materials cost

$705.58

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$750.15

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.38

Total project goal

$882.53

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