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Ms. Ballard from Eagle Mountain, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Readers Today, Leaders Tomorrow

Help me give my students a classroom library filled with diverse books that reflect their identities, passions, and dreams.

  • $390 goal

This project expired on October 6, 2025.

This project expired on October 6, 2025.

My Project

My goal is to create a classroom environment where each student is empowered to grow, imagine, and succeed. In a world that is becoming increasingly more digital and distracted, one of the most powerful tools to spark that growth is access to high-quality, engaging books.

As a first-year teacher, I am seeking to build a diverse and rich classroom library that reflects my students' interests, identities, and reading levels.

I have very little to start my career, and would be very grateful for any donation to help my students.

Your support would make a lasting impact. Each new book added to our classroom library will help create an inspiring space where my students can develop a love for reading, discover their passions, and practice lifelong literacy skills.

If you’re able, I would be extremely grateful for your help in funding this classroom library. Thank you for investing in our future readers and leaders.

Ms. Ballard Brookhaven Elementary School Grades 3-5 Eagle Mountain, UT View local requests Never Before Funded 35 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-7) • Amazon Business $52.45 1 $52.45
The Name Jar (paperback picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 2 $18.00
Fill a Bucket Hardcover Book • Lakeshore Learning Materials $10.95 1 $10.95
Wonder • Amazon Business $10.14 1 $10.14
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $10.02 1 $10.02
Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning) • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 (Book 1) • Amazon Business $8.69 1 $8.69
Rosa Parks: My Story • Amazon Business $8.24 1 $8.24
Ruby Holler • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Savvy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Dealing with Dragons: The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book One (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, 1) • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion (My Superpower Books) • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
Night of the Twisters - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Out of My Mind (The Out of My Mind Series) • Amazon Business $7.26 1 $7.26
Summer of the Monkeys • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The False Prince (The Ascendance Series, Book 1) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Fortunately, the Milk • Amazon Business $7.09 1 $7.09
Found (The Missing, Book 1) • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
The Fairy-Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm #1) (Volume 1) (Sisters Grimm, The, 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Love That Dog • Amazon Business $6.89 1 $6.89
Because of Mr. Terupt - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Bud, Not Buddy: (Newbery Medal Winner) • Amazon Business $6.45 1 $6.45
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $6.23 1 $6.23
The City of Ember Deluxe Edition: The First Book of Ember • Amazon Business $6.20 1 $6.20
Shadow Children - Among the Hidden - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
War Horse (Scholastic Gold) - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) • Amazon Business $5.70 1 $5.70
Holes (Holes Series) • Amazon Business $5.51 1 $5.51
Hatchet • Amazon Business $5.33 1 $5.33
Who Was Walt Disney? • Amazon Business $5.09 1 $5.09

Materials cost

$296.08

Vendor shipping charges

 $0.55

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$331.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.42

Total project goal

$389.49

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