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Mrs. Bucknam from Portland, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Brighten Up Our World with Art

My art students need 1 copy each of 40+ book titles, covering technique and art figures, such as Matisse, Picasso, Monet and Da Vinci.

  • $563 goal

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I teach 1st grade at a low-income school in the Northwest. We are a Title 1 school, with more than 75% of students below the poverty line. My students have no books at home and limited life experience. Therefore, art education at school has become very important for them to explore their interests, talents and creativity.

As a first grade self-contained classroom teacher, I am required to teach art as part of the curriculum. Some studies show that strong art education programs have demonstrated increased student performance in other academic areas, due to art activities exercising their brains' right hemispheres and delateralizing their thinking. Many of my students can’t draw anything, not even a stick figure. I want to teach them art and read to them about the artists, but I have very limited resources. Looking through my book bins I don’t have any books on art. How I long for a tub of children’s literature that would allow me to show them a variety of art media, forms, history, and stories about the artists! So my students could enjoy school, enjoy their childhood, and enjoy art.

I am asking for a selection of level appropriate art books. Ideally I could read aloud two books a week prior to an art project. These books will be in my classroom library for children to choose during their independent reading time as well.

Start young, start early, give them a chance and let them shine. How exciting to brighten our 6-year-olds' world with art! Their happiness in return will brighten our world.

Mrs. Bucknam Harrison Park School Grades PreK-2

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Leprechaun's Gold Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Linnea in Monet's Garden Christina Bjork, Joan Sandin (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80
Katie Meets the Impressionists James Mayhew • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Art Is... Bob Raczka • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter Jeanette Winter, Jeanette Winter (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
Vincent's Colors: Words and Pictures by Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh, Metropolitan Museum of Art, William Lach, Metropolitan Museum of Art Staff (Editor), Vincent van Gogh (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh? Metropolitan Museum of Art, Richard Muhlberger • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Fun with Modeling Clay Barbara Reid, Barbara Reid (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Art Box Gail Gibbons, Gail Gibbons (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z Lois Ehlert, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
Of Colors and Things Tana Hoban, Tana Hoban (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Mouse Paint Ellen Stoll Walsh • Barnes and Noble $5.40 1 $5.40
Claude Monet: The Magician of Colour Stephan Koja, Stephan Koju, Katja Miksovsky • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
Growing Colors Bruce McMillan, Bruce McMillan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
Liang and the Magic Paintbrush Demi • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Sand Art Peter Pauper Press Editors, Manufactured by Peter Pauper Press • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Draw Me a Star Eric Carle • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Wax to Crayons (Welcome Books' How Things Are Made Series) Inez Snyder, Jennifer Silate (Editor), Cindy Reiman (Photographer), Designed by Mindy Liu • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson, Crockett Johnson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin Lloyd Moss, Marjorie Priceman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Apt. 3 Ezra Jack Keats, Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Tomie de Paola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator), Tomie de Paola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Straight Line Wonder Mem Fox, Marc Rosenthal (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45
The Little Drummer Boy Ezra Jack Keats, Joy Peskin (Editor), Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Ah, Music! Aliki, Aliki (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci? Roberta Edwards, True Kelley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
David's Drawings Cathryn Falwell • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Leonardo and the Flying Boy (Anholt's Artists Books for Children Series) Laurence Anholt • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Degas and the Little Dancer (Anholt's Artists Books for Children Series) Laurence Anholt • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Paintings that Smile True Kelley • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Van Gogh and the Sunflowers (Anholt's Artists Books for Children Series) Laurence Anholt • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Picasso and the Girl with the Ponytail (Anholt's Artists Books for Children Series) Laurence Anholt • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
How to Draw People Barbara Soloff Levy, E. Ed. Levy • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
How to Draw Faces Barbara Soloff Levy • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors (Smart about Art Series) Jane O'Connor, Jessie Hartland (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Art Patrick McDonnell • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Frida Kahlo, The Artist Who Painted Herself (Smart About the Art Series) Margaret Frith, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Chidi Only Likes Blue: An African Book of Colours Ifeoma Onyefulu • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
When a Line Bends... A Shape Begins James Kaczman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Fantastic Drawings of Danielle Barbara McClintock • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Draw with Pablo Picasso Ana Salvador • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Look! Drawing the Line in Art Gillian Wolfe • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
Once Upon a Picture Sally Swain • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
No One Saw: Ordinary Things through the Eyes of an Artist Bob Raczka, Pam Szen (Artist), Designed by Tania Garcia • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Come Look With Me: Exploring Modern Art B. WYATT, Barbara Powers Wyatt • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35

Materials cost

$395.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.50

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$461.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.20

Total project goal

$562.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $562.20

13 Donors

-$542.35

Donations toward project cost

-$461.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$81.35

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.85

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