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Ms. Anna from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Students Petition for New Books to Read!

Help me give my students their favorite books that they requested for maximum reading engagement!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Anna's classroom raised $299

This project is fully funded

My Students

I teach at a Title I school in an underserved part of San Francisco. Many of the students are children of immigrants or live in the neighborhood's low-income housing development.

Though their families often have fewer resources, that doesn't stop my students' desire and ability to learn and achieve!

My students are curious, funny, sweet kids who can't wait to learn in third-grade. They are eagerly learning cursive, mastering their multiplication facts, reading chapter books, investigating live crayfish in science, making stop-motion videos about Native American life, typing up their stories on Chromebooks, and so much more.

My Project

I am requesting books that my students requested for maximum reading engagement. "Please get more Manga. If you do we would be very happy. They are very entertaining and based on our favorite animes. They have good POV's and interesting stories."

"Please get Captain Underpants books!

The ones in our classroom are ripped. Can you get the hard cover and full color too? If it's hard cover then it won't rip."

These are excerpts from my students' petition to get new books for our class. They have already devoured the books that were donated by generous donors in previous project (Hilo, Dog Man, Nathan Hale) and are rereading them over and over. Some books are dogeared from hundreds of times read and loved and a few even accidentally ripped (due to the popular "Flip-o-Rama" feature of Captain Underpants). Now my students are eager for reading even more diverse, popular (and some obscure) books.

These books will also tie in nicely with our Opinion Writing and Character Studies Reading units as students write reviews and give recommendations for books, and study character traits and themes of stories.

Thank you so much for helping get (more) books that kids love!

Ms. Anna Visitacion Valley Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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

Materials Cost Quantity Total
DK First Picture Dictionary: Spanish: 2,000 Words to Get You Started in Spanish • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
Big Nate Triple Play Box Set: Big Nate: In a Class by Himself, Big Nate Strikes Again, Big Nate on a Roll • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Max and the Midknights (Max & The Midknights) • Amazon Business $10.85 1 $10.85
Naruto, Vol. 1: Uzumaki Naruto • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Vol. 1: Deserted Island Diary (1) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Max and the Midknights: Battle of the Bodkins (Max & The Midknights) • Amazon Business $9.38 1 $9.38
The Perfect Visual Dictionary For Children: Bilingual Picture Dictionary English-Spanish For Children, +500 Word Grades 1-5 • Amazon Business $8.97 1 $8.97
YO-KAI WATCH, Vol. 2 (2) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #7): Color Edition • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Fluffy, Fluffy Cinnamoroll, Vol. 3 (3) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ogre Enchanted • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #5) (Wings of Fire Graphix) • Amazon Business $7.78 1 $7.78
Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers: Color Edition • Amazon Business $7.76 1 $7.76
Captain Underpants and the Tyrannical Retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #11) (Color Edition) (11) • Amazon Business $7.76 1 $7.76
Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #9) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People: Color Edition • Amazon Business $7.47 1 $7.47
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #3): (And the ... the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #5): Color Edition • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 1: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets: Color Edition • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #2) (Color Edition) (2) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
The Adventures of Captain Underpants: Color Edition • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #4) • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
Naruto: The Next Level (Naruto Chapter Books, Vol. 7) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Naruto: Chapter Book, Vol. 16: The Final Battle (16) (Naruto: Chapter Books) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
DreamWorks Shrek (Little Golden Book) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$202.23

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$18.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$253.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.78

Total project goal

$298.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$298.54

1 Donor

-$281.95

Donations toward project cost

-$253.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.20

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.58

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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