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Mr. Linley from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Beginner Books for New Readers

My students need 48 beginner books to practice reading skills taught in daily lessons.

  • $552 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.

I am a first grade teacher in Los Angeles. Approximately 60 percent of the students at our school are African American, about 30 percent are Latino, and the remaining 10 percent are a mix of Pakistani, Ethiopian, Anglo American and others. I always have many talented children in my classes, and I am always looking to expand the educational program I deliver.

The reading program my school district provides is good in many ways, but tends to lack in the area of actual books that students can use to practice the reading skills taught during the days' lessons. Books for beginning readers are essential! All of the books included here are tried and true. They have been around for a long time. We had them when we were kids. The kids in my class need them now. Please give.

The titles I have selected are excellent for targeting early reading skills. They are closely aligned with the method I use for teaching reading; and, not least, they have clever and lively illustrations that engage young readers. I already have some of these books in my class, but my personal copies of them are ragged and dirty and falling apart from years of little hands paging through them.

Your generosity will help my students learn to read. Plain and simple. Kids are more engaged with books in their hands. It is always a great pleasure for me to see my students immersed in reading their own copies of books they can read, books that you will help to provide. Rest assured: this donation will make a real difference.

Mr. Linley Crescent Heights SJ Magnet School Grades PreK-2

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa Erica Silverman, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.50 1 $13.50
Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day Jean Van Leeuwen, Ann Schweninger (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Go Away, Dog (My First I Can Read Book Series) Joan L. Nodset, Paul Meisel (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Go, Dog, Go! P.D. Eastman • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary Dr. Seuss, P. D. Eastman, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
My Book about Me Dr. Seuss, Roy McKie • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Are You My Mother? P. D. Eastman, P. D. Eastman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Hop on Pop Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Ten Apples up on Top Theodore LeSieg, Theo LeSieg, Roy McKie (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Fox in Socks Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Put Me in the Zoo Robert Lopshire • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Summer Alice Low, Roy McKie (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Sid and Sam (My First I Can Read Book Series) Nola Buck, G. Brian Karas, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Great Day for Up! Dr. Seuss, Calder, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Fred and Ted Like to Fly Peter Anthony Eastman, Peter Eastman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Big Dog...Little Dog P. D. Eastman • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Fish Out of Water Helen Palmer, P. D. Eastman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
The Best Nest P. D. Eastman, P. D. Eastman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Red, Stop! Green, Go! P. D. Eastman • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Snow Roy McKie, P. D. Eastman • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Flap Your Wings P. D. Eastman, P. D. Eastman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Tooth Book Dr. Seuss, Joe Mathieu (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Biscuit (My First I Can Read Book Series) Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Oh, Cats! (My First I Can Read Book Series) Nola Buck, Nadine Bernard Westcott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Bathtime for Biscuit (My First I Can Read Book Series) Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
How Many Fish? (My First I Can Read Book Series) Caron Lee Cohen, S. D. Schindler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Drip, Drop! (I Can Read Book Series) Sarah Weeks, Jane Manning, Jane Manning (Illustrator), Jane K. Manning (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Biscuit Finds a Friend (My First I Can Read Book Series) Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories, Pat Schories (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
I See, You Saw (My First I Can Read Book Series) Nurit Karlin, Nurit Karlin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Biscuit Goes to School (My First I Can Read Book Series) Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Splish, Splash! (I Can Read Book Series) Sarah Weeks, Ashley Wolff (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Biscuit's New Trick (My First I Can Read Book Series) Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Mine's the Best (My First I Can Read Book Series) Crosby Bonsall, Crosby Bonsall (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Are You Ready to Play Outside? (Elephant and Piggie Series) Mo Willems, Mo Willems (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Stinky Eleanor Davis, Eleanor Davis (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $10.36 1 $10.36
Chicken Said, "Cluck!" (I Can Read Series: My First) Judyann Ackerman Grant, Sue Truesdell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Hi! Fly Guy Tedd Arnold • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
I Spy Fly Guy Tedd Arnold (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator Sarah C. Campbell, Sarah C. Campbell (Photographer), Richard P. Campbell (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Gerald McBoing Boing Dr Seuss, Mel Crawford (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Amanda Pig and the Wiggly Tooth Jean Van Leeuwen, Ann Schweninger (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
First the Egg Laura Vaccaro Seeger • Barnes and Noble $7.34 1 $7.34
Move Over, Rover! Karen Beaumont, Jane Dyer (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
Hello, Bumblebee Bat Darrin Lunde, Patricia J. Wynne (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Jazz Baby Lisa Wheeler, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
A Splendid Friend, Indeed Suzanne Bloom, Suzanne Bloom (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Vulture View April Pulley Sayre, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25

Materials cost

$373.04

Vendor shipping charges

 $37.30

Sales tax

 $27.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$452.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.22

Total project goal

$551.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $551.24

1 Donor

-$275.62

Donations toward project cost

-$226.01

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.61

match offer

-$275.62

Match offer toward project cost

-$226.01

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.61

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