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Mrs. Smith from Wylie, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books or Bust!

Help me give my students diverse books in the classroom to expand their knowledge of the world around them.

  • $588 goal

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My Project

The love of reading is something I strive to give my students each and every day. With a wide variety of texts to reach all readers, these books will enhance our time spent reading both together and independently in the classroom.

With these new books, my students will be able to use their imaginations to explore new worlds, diverse cultures, and exciting places.

Books are used to guide our daily lessons from reading to math to science to history throughout the school day, and it is my hope that all students will find value in the written word.

Mrs. Smith Dodd Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Wylie, TX View local requests

More than a third 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

22 students impacted 5donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Elephant in the Dark • Amazon Business $30.61 1 $30.61
Silver Packages: An Appalachian Christmas Story • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Song of the Wild: A First Book of Animals • Amazon Business $18.79 1 $18.79
Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Interstellar Cinderella: (Princess Books for Kids, Books about Science) (Future Fairy Tales) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Little Red Sleigh: A Heartwarming Christmas Book For Children • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Cats Are a Liquid • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
If Polar Bears Disappeared (If Animals Disappeared) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
One Green Apple • Amazon Business $17.03 1 $17.03
The Hundred-Year Barn • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Poisoned Apple: A Fractured Fairy Tale • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
A Teacher's Top Secret: Mission Accomplished • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
A Beetle Is Shy (Family Treasure Nature Encylopedias) • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
How to Make Friends with a Ghost • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Nian, The Chinese New Year Dragon • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Ticktock Banneker's Clock • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Ten Beautiful Things • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Spider and the Fly • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Mornings with Monet • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Home • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Cat Problems (Animal Problems) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Barnabus Project • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Ten Ways to Hear Snow • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist (Women in Science Biographies, Fossil Books for Kids, Feminist Picture Books, Dinosaur Gifts for Kids) • Amazon Business $10.54 1 $10.54
Whooo Knew? the Truth About Owls • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Duck for Turkey Day • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
The Slug: The Disgusting Critters Series • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Cockroach (Disgusting Critters) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$462.21

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$499.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.08

Total project goal

$587.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $587.22

4 Donors

-$293.61

Donations toward project cost

-$249.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.04

match offer

-$293.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$249.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.04

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