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Mr. Johnson from Durham NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Representation & Imagination Matters In A Classroom Library

Help me give my students books that give them a representation of themselves through reading.

  • $906 goal

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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.

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This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

Reading is a very essential part of growing and learning in our learning community. Many of my scholars enter our learning community, without seeing a book with a cover or pictures that represent themselves. Reading provides many opportunities and all of my students want to read, but they want books that represent themselves and more than just non-fiction books. They have a very vivid imagination so more fiction books. This year I have worked to m my learning community a place of exploration, learning, and growth, and what better way to do that than through reading!

To make sure all of my students are engaged in reading regardless of skills and levels, I would like our learning community library to be built with diverse, engaging, books that capture their imagination.

Some chapter books are often too difficult for my scholars to read, with graphic novels giving my scholars a chance to find a book they can truly be engaged in and find that shows a representation of them through the pictures. With this project, I have given a list of graphic novels that my scholar said they wanted in the classroom, as well as graphic novels to add to the series I already have.

Mr. Johnson
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Last Kids on Earth 8 Books Set • Amazon Business $110.00 1 $110.00
The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novels #1-7: A Graphix Collection: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $39.73 1 $39.73
Raina Telgemeier Collection 5 Books Set (Sisters, Drama, Smile, Ghosts, Guts) • Amazon Business $39.50 1 $39.50
I Survived Graphic Novels #1-4: A Graphix Collection (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $28.94 1 $28.94
The Never Girls Collection #1 (Disney: The Never Girls): Books 1-4 • Amazon Business $14.39 2 $28.78
Trapped in a Video Game: The Complete Series • Amazon Business $26.38 1 $26.38
Magic Tree House Graphic Novel Starter Set: (A Graphic Novel Boxed Set) (Magic Tree House (R)) • Amazon Business $23.49 1 $23.49
Hooky Volume 3 (Hooky, 3) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Hooky Volume 2 (Hooky, 2) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
PAWS: Priya Puts Herself First • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Art of Friendship (Disney The Never Girls: Graphic Novel #2) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Hilo Book 9: Gina and the Last City on Earth: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Hilo Book 7: Gina---The Girl Who Broke the World: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Alexis and the Perfect Recipe The Graphic Novel (4) (Cupcake Diaries: The Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Emma on Thin Icing The Graphic Novel (3) (Cupcake Diaries: The Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
5 Worlds Book 2: The Cobalt Prince: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
School Trip: A Graphic Novel (The New Kid) • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Hilo Book 8: Gina and the Big Secret: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Miles Morales: Stranger Tides (Original Spider-Man Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Squished: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Mystery at Mermaid Lagoon (Disney The Never Girls: Graphic Novel #1) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish Boxed Set: (My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish; The Seaquel; Fins of Fury) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Frizzy • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
5 Worlds Book 3: The Red Maze: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Moth Keeper: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $10.77 1 $10.77
Katie and the Cupcake Cure The Graphic Novel (1) (Cupcake Diaries: The Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $10.77 1 $10.77
Allergic: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.72 1 $10.72
5 Worlds Book 5: The Emerald Gate: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
5 Worlds Book 4: The Amber Anthem: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Hooky (Hooky, 1) • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
PAWS: Gabby Gets It Together • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #6) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Wingbearer (Wingbearer Saga, 1) • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Share Your Smile: Raina's Guide to Telling Your Own Story • Amazon Business $9.10 1 $9.10
Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Original Spider-Man Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
5 Worlds Book 1: The Sand Warrior: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #5) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.67 1 $8.67
PAWS: Mindy Makes Some Space • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Invisible: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.34 1 $8.34
Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel) • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
Primer • Amazon Business $8.19 1 $8.19

Materials cost

$677.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $52.81

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$769.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$135.88

Total project goal

$905.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $905.85

7 Donors

-$762.23

Donations toward project cost

-$647.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$114.33

match offer

-$143.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$122.07

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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