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Mrs. Graham from Oak Forest, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Book Collections for my Classroom

Help me give my students a wonderful collection of brand-new book sets to read.

  • $518 goal

This project expired on August 2, 2025.

This project expired on August 2, 2025.

My Project

I am a newer teacher to this district. I teach first grade and would love to expand my classroom book sets to encourage and focus on reading. Giving these books to the students would open up a new world of learning and growing. I chose sets with many SEL books because in our classroom is learning how to deal with our emotions which can hinder our learning. We need to learn how to make choices and handle our big feelings to learn in our environment. I also chose science book sets to encourage many non fiction readers to explore and read.

Mrs. Graham Walter F Fierke Education Center Grades PreK-2 Oak Forest, IL View local requests

More than a third of 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

20 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dog Man Collection - 10 Book Set - Collection • AKJ Education $96.29 1 $96.29
Pete the Cat Collection - 11 Book Set - Collection • AKJ Education $83.14 1 $83.14
8 Book Set: Little SPOT of Emotion - Anger, Anxiety, Peaceful, Happiness, Sadness, Confidence, Love; calming corner, social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $62.00 1 $62.00
Developing Social & Emotional Relationships Books - Set of 5 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $44.96 1 $44.96
Lakeshore Digraphs Skill-Building Book Sets - Phonics for Beginning Readers, Science of Reading • Lakeshore Learning Materials $39.99 1 $39.99
Who Would Win? Collection - 11 Book Set - Collection • AKJ Education $39.34 1 $39.34
National Geographic Readers Collection - 9 Book Set - Collection • AKJ Education $36.43 1 $36.43

Materials cost

$402.15

Vendor shipping charges

$2.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$440.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.68

Total project goal

$517.86

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