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Ms. Gannon from Chula Vista CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Trickster Tales

My students need a large selection of 36 trickster tales from various cultures and some DVDs for the recording of their performances of their own stories.

  • $513 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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.

My Students

We are a new school with a tiny library but our students have voracious appetites for good book collections! We would like to begin a study of trickster tales and need the books to make that possible.

Our small 240 student independent charter school opened in southern California during the 2009-2010 school year.

We aim to teach the whole child, providing each of our students with the knowledge, critical thinking skills, and attitudes which empower students to become influential contributors in an ever-changing global society. We draw students from over 25 different schools within the county, and approximately 50% of our students are English language learners. 50% have qualified for free and reduced lunch, and 14% are receiving special education services.

My Project

My students are terrific storytellers! Last year, they read Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad books, chose a favorite story and worked with a local storyteller to learn to tell a story in their own way. They created artwork to go along with it and we put it all together in a DVD of their individual videos. We are requesting a number of trickster tale books as well as some recordable DVDs.

These donations will make a difference to my students in many ways.

The books will provide them with quality literature to read during our study and beyond. The books will allow the children the opportunity to explore tales that are important to other cultures. Finally, the books will provide the content of our project which will allow them to share the stories with the other students in our school (as well as others via our school website) through the use of technology.

Ms. Gannon
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Whether you're backing up music and videos or storing digital photos, take advantage of these DVD+R discs' ultrafast 16x recording speed and ample 4.7GB of storage space per disc. • Best Buy $12.49 1 $12.49
Trickster: Native American Tales Matt Dembicki • Barnes and Noble $15.69 1 $15.69
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest Gerald McDermott, Gerald McDermott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Trickster Tales: Forty Stories from Around the World Josepha Sherman, David Boston (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.39 1 $15.39
Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest Gerald McDermott, As Told by Gerald McDermott • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon Gerald McDermott • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book Yuyi Morales, Chronicle Books • Barnes and Noble $12.98 1 $12.98
The Adventures Of Mouse Deer Aaron Shepard, Kim Gamble (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.84 1 $6.84
Anansi and the Magic Stick Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock Retold by Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Anansi and the Talking Melon Retold by Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Anansi Goes Fishing Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Anansi Goes Fishing Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator), Read by Jerry Terheyden • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Anansi's Party Time Eric A. Kimmel, Janet Stevens (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Ashley Bryan's African Tales, Uh-Huh Ashley Bryan, Ashley Bryan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $19.61 1 $19.61
The Fox and the Stork Gerald McDermott • Barnes and Noble $3.37 1 $3.37
Aunt Nancy and the Bothersome Visitors Phyllis Root, David Parkins (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
The Clever Monkey: A Folktale from West Africa Rob Cleveland, Baird Hoffmire (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.37 1 $3.37
Fox's Best Trick Ever (We Both Read Series) Dev Ross, Larry Reinhart (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.26 1 $4.26
Ghaddar the Ghoul and Other Palestinian Tales Sonia Nimr, Hannah Shaw (Illustrator), Ghada Karmi (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains Barbara Knutson • Barnes and Noble $15.34 1 $15.34
Mangoes and Bananas Nathan Kumar Scott, T. Balaji (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.48 1 $14.48
The Ogress and the Snake and Other Stories from Somalia Elizabeth Laird, Shelley Fowles (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
Old Cricket Lisa Wheeler, Ponder Goembel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Pig-Boy: A Trickster Tale from Hawai'i Gerald McDermott • Barnes and Noble $12.99 1 $12.99
Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters Patricia C. McKissack, Andre Cahrillo (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.39 1 $15.39
The Real Story of Stone Soup Ying Chang Compestine, Stephane Jorisch (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
Sister Tricksters: Rollicking Tales of Clever Females Robert D. San Souci, Daniel San Souci (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Stone Soup Tony Ross, Tony Ross (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Stone Soup Heather Forest, Susan Gaber (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
Stone Soup Jess Stockham, Lesley Danson (Illustrator), Alison Edgson (Illustrator), Masumi Furukawa (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Sungura and Leopard: A Swahili Trickster Tale Barbara Knutson, Barbara Knutson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Trick of the Tale: A Collection of Trickster Tales Caitlin Matthews, John Matthews, Tomislav Tomic (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.41 1 $15.41
Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa Gerald McDermott, Gerald McDermott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
Pot of Wisdom: Ananse Stories Adwoa Badoe, Baba Wague Diakite (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $10.51 1 $10.51
Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book Yuyi Morales • Barnes and Noble $14.57 1 $14.57

Materials cost

$351.29

Vendor shipping charges

 $12.00

Sales tax

 $32.14

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$435.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.89

Total project goal

$512.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $512.59

6 Donors

-$256.29

Donations toward project cost

-$217.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.44

match offer

-$256.29

Match offer toward project cost

-$217.85

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.44

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