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Mrs. Bans from Big Sur, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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More Books, Please!

My students need books! We have a decent classroom library but because students are in my classroom for two years they need a greater selection of books to read.

  • $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

Throughout the day students in my classroom are reading. There are a variety of resources available to them, however my avid readers would like more books to read!

Students in my class are sometimes limited by the remoteness of the area we live in.

Many students don't have books at home and they rely on the books in the classroom. Our school provides our students with a lot of resources, however many of the books in the classroom are older and students have read and reread many of the books.

My Project

Many of the books in this project are Newbery Medal and Honor books. I chose these books to captivate student's attention, and create avid readers. Students have a block in their day to read for a minimum of twenty minutes and all the books from this project will be utilized at this time. In addition, students will be able to take these books home to read on a daily basis and other the summer. It is my hope, that my students will become even more familiar with children's literature.

This project will improve the classroom because it will provide our classroom library with more books.

Having a wide range of books to choose from will undoubtedly create more reading opportunities for students. It is my hope that the books in the project will become favorites for my students.

Mrs. Bans Captain Cooper Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Big Sur, CA View local requests

More than half of 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

18 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ivy and Bean Super special Collection (Books 1-8) (Ivy Bean) • Amazon $69.55 1 $69.55
The Little House Collection Box Set (Full Color) • Amazon $34.28 1 $34.28
What the World Eats • Amazon $16.55 1 $16.55
The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections • Amazon $16.23 1 $16.23
Where Do Polar Bears Live? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon $14.52 1 $14.52
If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People, 2nd Edition (CitizenKid) • Amazon $13.64 1 $13.64
So You Want to Be President? • Amazon $12.95 1 $12.95
14 Cows for America • Amazon $12.92 1 $12.92
The 13 Clocks • Amazon $12.31 1 $12.31
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride • Amazon $5.39 2 $10.78
Houghton Mifflin Soar to Success: Little Painter Lv 5 LITTLE PAINTER • Amazon $9.85 1 $9.85
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon $9.50 1 $9.50
How the Camel Got His Hump • Amazon $9.47 1 $9.47
The Princess And The Goblin • Amazon $8.96 1 $8.96
The Search for Delicious • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
From Seed to Plant • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys: Common Core Trade Book Grade 3 Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs, Kathleen V. Kudlinski • Amazon $6.44 1 $6.44
The Sign Painter • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
A Medieval Feast • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Ah, Music! • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Kira-Kira • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Because of Winn-Dixie • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
When You Reach Me (Yearling Newbery) • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Bat Loves the Night: Read and Wonder • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions from Around the World • Amazon $6.26 1 $6.26
The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends) • Amazon $5.71 1 $5.71
Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Mercy Watson: Something Wonky this Way Comes • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
Mercy Watson Fights Crime • Amazon $5.39 1 $5.39
The Storm (The Lighthouse Family) • Amazon $4.49 1 $4.49
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington (Penguin Young Readers, L3) • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
Bats - Creatures of the Night (All Aboard Reading: Level 2: Grades 1-3) • Amazon $3.59 1 $3.59
Amos & Boris • Amazon $3.20 1 $3.20

Materials cost

$366.56

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$33.54

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$435.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.87

Total project goal

$512.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$512.47

7 Donors

-$337.47

Donations toward project cost

-$286.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$50.62

match offer

-$175.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.25

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