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Mrs. Elliott from Culver City, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading, Reading, Reading!!

My students need to join Edward Tulane on this journey!! We would love a class set of books to read together. Please help these 9 year olds have a an amazing journey!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Elliott's classroom raised $254

This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you remember being so excited to continue reading a book? "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" has captivated my students throughout the years as a read-aloud that they beg for their own copies!

Our school is a small public school with students from many different countries around the world, with varied life experiences.

Being small is an advantage, in which all the students know each other well, work together and take care of each other. Parents help in the classroom and the community spirit flourishes. Students share books with one another and discuss what they read in literature circles. Some students have the means to have books at home and others go to the library to get their books. The classroom library, however small it is, is open for students to take books home or to keep in their desks to read when time allows. There are students in the class who haven't discovered how fun and engaging books can be. Books at their grade level are sometimes a daunting task to read while books at lower grade levels don't provide enough detail to keep them engaged. They tend to gravitate to easier books because of the large print and simplistic vocabulary but soon they become bored.

My Project

I am asking for a class set of books that the students can read together as a class and discuss all together. I am also asking for the book on tape so that they can listen to it at times. This story is highly engaging and is filled with things to discuss. This book will be the first book that many of my students will discuss in small groups and read together. I want my students to be able to have a book to read at night and fall asleep with as I used to as a young student. I want to instill a love of reading and empower them with new vocabulary and new ideas and new connections that reading novels provides. Please help me help them! My students really love reading! When we all read the same books, we support each other and share what different connections and ideas we take from each story. Knowing that a classmate is reading the same book will push all the students to read each night and allow for discussions the next day. I am excited to get this going and we need your help!

One book can be read by a countless number of students!!!

This is a gift that will last for years to come and hundreds of students will take part in this adventure together!!! This story of love will be remembered and could instill a love of reading for a child! I am asking for a class set of "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" as well as the book on CD to allow us to listen to someone else read. Please take part in this journey with us for when you help us we will take you along!

Mrs. Elliott Playa Del Rey Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Culver City, CA 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The • AKJ Books $5.10 30 $153.00
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo, Read • AKJ Books $14.56 1 $14.56

Materials cost

$167.56

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $15.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$215.40

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$38.01

Total project goal

$253.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $253.41

6 Donors

-$81.70

Donations toward project cost

-$69.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$171.71

Match offers toward project cost

-$145.95

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.76

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 $0.00

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