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Mrs. Thibodaux from Houma LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

We Need Books!!

My students need books to read, books that will grab their attention and take them places!

  • $280 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

According to Dr. Seuss the more that you read the more things you will know. The more that you learn the more places you'll go. I want my 22 students going places

I want them to read, read, read!

But we need books. I cannot afford new books for my library center in my classroom. Most of my students do not have books at their house. They love to read and I have a lot of strong readers who are reading above grade level. I want to feed their love of reading with new books!

I teach in a low-income/high poverty school district. My students are faced with my challenges both in and out of the classroom. Their love of reading will help make them successful learners and take them on exciting adventures, using their imagination.

My Project

I have a library center in my classroom that is filled with old smelly books that have been handed down from different classrooms and teachers. I wish I had the money to buy all new books. I would love to have a library center filled with new books that my students want to read.

"The more that you read the more things you will know, the more you learn the more places you'll do"-Dr Seuss.

I want that for my students. I am hoping these new books help my students go places. Places outside my classroom, outside this school, and outside this community.

Mrs. Thibodaux
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Junie B. Jones Complete First Grade Collection Box set • Amazon Business $38.50 1 $38.50
Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book 10-Book Box Set • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Diary of a Minecraft Polar Bear: An Unofficial Minecraft Book • Amazon Business $4.47 2 $8.94
Dog Man: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Dog Man Unleashed: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #2) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #3) • Amazon Business $8.28 1 $8.28
The Mysterious Tadpole • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash • Amazon Business $6.85 1 $6.85
Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, No. 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat and the Treasure Map • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Pete the Cat: Go, Pete, Go! • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Nate the Great • Amazon Business $4.97 1 $4.97
Pete the Cat: Out of This World • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
My Parents Think I'm Sleeping (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $3.59 1 $3.59
I Just Forgot (A Little Critter Book) • Amazon Business $3.32 1 $3.32

Materials cost

$188.56

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$16.50

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$237.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.98

Total project goal

$279.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$279.87

4 Donors

-$197.22

Donations toward project cost

-$182.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.58

match offer

-$65.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$55.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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