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Mrs. Ballmann from Madison WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We're Readers Because Batman's Job Was Already Taken!

Help me give my students more books for our classroom library to keep them engaged, challenged, and feeling represented in our community!

  • 2 donors
  • $804 still needed

expires Aug 21

  • 2 donors
  • $804 still needed
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Our school was fortunate to pilot our district's new literacy curriculum two years before the rest of the district and it has helped us grow as writers, researchers, and readers. Additionally, the curriculum (EL education) allows students to use their research as a tool to better their school and community. Armed with their newfound knowledge and desire to "do better", our classroom is looking to diversify our library so it reflects ALL of the cultures represented in our school and community.

Our classroom family is comprised of scholars from multiple races, who speak multiple languages, have varying interests, and many unique abilities.

This is why it is so important for them to see themselves represented in the texts they read. For that reason, all of the texts chosen as part of this project were selected by the students themselves and will be added to our growing classroom library for this year's learners, and many more to come! I am lucky to have a group of 30 avid readers this year; kids who can't get enough to read, it seems, and even request classroom celebrations centered around reading! I need more books to feed their need to read!

As an avid reader myself, I am always trying to find ways to hook my students, especially the most reluctant readers, with even one book that they WANT to read. It was an honor to work with my students in creating this project for them because I was able to see their excitement build with the possibility of new books heading their way soon!

Mrs. Ballmann
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Survived #1–19 Pack • Amazon Business $106.30 1 $106.30
Alan Gratz Book Series Set • Amazon Business $47.90 1 $47.90
I Survived Series Graphic Novels Collection (6 Books) • Amazon Business $44.06 1 $44.06
A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket 13 Books Collection Pack Set (Includes the Bad Beginning, the Reptile Room, the Wide Window, the Miserable Mill, the Austere Academy, the Grim Grotto, the Penultimate Peril, the End) • Amazon Business $42.98 1 $42.98
Mr. Terupt Series 4 Books Set • Amazon Business $35.98 1 $35.98
The Wayside School 4-Book Box Set: Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Wayside School Is Falling Down, Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom • Amazon Business $22.63 1 $22.63
Fast Pitch (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
24 Hours in Nowhere • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Class Act: A Graphic Novel (New Kid) • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.78 1 $12.78
The Lost Library • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
The ABCs of Black History (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Frizzy (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Maker Comics: Draw a Comic! • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
School Trip: A Graphic Novel (The New Kid) • Amazon Business $10.76 1 $10.76
Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities. (Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens) (cover color may vary) • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Anne of West Philly: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Anne of Green Gables (Classic Graphic Remix) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Swim Team: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.25 1 $10.25
Noise: A graphic novel based on a true story • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game (Graphic Novel Memoir) • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
The Secret Garden on 81st Street: A Modern Graphic Retelling of The Secret Garden (Classic Graphic Remix, 2) • Amazon Business $9.30 1 $9.30
The Secret Garden: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.17 1 $9.17
Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Key to Extraordinary • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Perfect Star (The Perfect Score Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Perfect Score (The Perfect Score Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Perfect Secret (The Perfect Score Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Draw Your Own Comics Blank Comic Book: Write and Draw Your Own Comics 100 Pages of Blank Comic Panel Layouts, 8.5 x 11 Notebook Panelbook with Tips, Tricks, and Ideas to Make Your Comic Amazing • Amazon Business $8.97 1 $8.97
Invisible: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
New Kid: A Newbery Award Winner • Amazon Business $8.25 1 $8.25
Concrete Kids (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Create Your Own Graphic Novel: A Guide for Kids: Write and Draw Your Own Book • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Boy Who Lost His Face • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Last Mirror on the Left (A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure) • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
The Librarian of Auschwitz: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
The Great Treehouse War • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Posted • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure) • Amazon Business $7.13 1 $7.13
A Place at the Table • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Stella by Starlight • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39

Materials cost

$692.25

Vendor shipping charges

 $14.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$746.63

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$131.76

Total project goal

$878.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $878.39

2 Donors

-$75.00

Donations toward project cost

-$63.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $803.39

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