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Mrs. Barrett from Van Nuys, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bring Passion Back to Our Poetry Section!

Help me give my students a modern poetry section with updated, appealing poetry books from the 2000s!

  • $665 goal

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My Project

This year for National Poetry Month, we dug into haiku and personification and concrete poems. When I went to my poetry shelves here in the library, I realized just how lacking our shelves are. No wonder there was so little circulation in this area!

Our currently poetry section consists of 115 books of which outside analysis identifies 94 as "aged" (the average copyright date is 1998).

For a school of our size, we should have over 200 poetry books. When planning our poetry lessons, I ended up checking books out of the public library to use. My students loved the books and wanted to check them out, but alas they could not as our school did not own them.

So I'm coming to you. Please help bring poetry into the lives of my 400+ students--96+% of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch. Many of my students are new to our country or are first generation Americans and have experienced trauma and hardship. Let's use poetry to help them deal with their feelings and provide a bit of respite and hope. These books are all highly reviewed by reputable sources and will bring passion and fun--and circulation--back to this section of the library!

Mrs. Barrett Van Nuys Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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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
Soccerverse: Poems about Soccer • Amazon Business $15.59 2 $31.18
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright!: An Animal Poem for Each Day of the Year • Amazon Business $30.10 1 $30.10
Cool Salsa (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $23.15 1 $23.15
Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda & His Muse • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
If I Were a Tree • Amazon Business $19.82 1 $19.82
Keep a Pocket in Your Poem: Classic Poems and Playful Parodies • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Robot, Unicorn, Queen • Amazon Business $18.76 1 $18.76
Hello, Earth!: Poems to Our Planet (Spectacular STEAM for Curious Readers (SSCR)) • Amazon Business $17.20 1 $17.20
Kiyoshi's Walk • Amazon Business $16.94 1 $16.94
My Head Has a Bellyache: And More Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups (Mischievous Nonsense, 2) • Amazon Business $16.66 1 $16.66
Follow the Recipe: Poems About Imagination, Celebration, and Cake • Amazon Business $16.50 1 $16.50
A New Green Day • Amazon Business $16.14 1 $16.14
National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems with Photographs That Squeak, Soar, and Roar! • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons • Amazon Business $15.84 1 $15.84
A Library • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Behold Our Magical Garden: Poems Fresh from a School Garden • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Daniel Finds a Poem • Amazon Business $15.05 1 $15.05
Where I Live: Poems About My Home, My Street, and My Town • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Your One And Only Heart • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Today I Am a River • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Courage Out Loud: 25 Poems of Power (Poetry to Perform, 3) • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Yum! ¡MmMm! ¡Qué Rico! Brotes de las Américas (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
If You Laugh, I'm Starting This Book Over • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
How to Write a Poem • Amazon Business $12.70 1 $12.70
My Thoughts Are Clouds: Poems for Mindfulness • Amazon Business $12.34 1 $12.34
Yum! MMMM! Que Rico! • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Dear Teacher,: A Celebration of People Who Inspire Us • Amazon Business $11.83 1 $11.83
Watch Me Bloom: A Bouquet of Haiku Poems for Budding Naturalists • Amazon Business $11.64 1 $11.64
Remember • Amazon Business $11.09 1 $11.09
Spi-ku: A Clutter of Short Verse on Eight Legs • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$483.33

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $44.22

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$564.80

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.67

Total project goal

$664.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $664.47

7 Donors

-$371.16

Donations toward project cost

-$337.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.75

Matching donations from our partners

-$267.54

Match offers toward project cost

-$227.41

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.13

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$25.79

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