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Ms. Sasseen from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Children in Need of Literature

My project needs multiple copies of several books such as Call It Courage, Maniac Magee, and Island of the Blue Dolphins

  • $1,004 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 New York City teacher in a low income high need school district. I am teaching 5th grade this coming year and my students are in desperate need of quality literature. This coming school year our school funds are being reallocated from the previous year. My students will suffer the consequences by not having vocabulary enriched books. The books that the students will be forced to use are old, worn, and falling apart. This coming school year almost half of my students will be second language learners so they are also in need of books on tape. This will help them to practice the English language independently as well as involve them in the same literature as the rest of the class. If the students receive these books it will be a tremendous benefit for them. They will have the chance to read quality and classic literature by some of the most well-known children's authors that otherwise they will not have the opportunity to read such as Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, and Roald Dahl. Some of the books I would like my students to have an opportunity to read are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Blubber, Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Island of the Blue Dolphins, just to name a few. Quality literature should be read and shared by all children. I know that if my students had these books they would fall in love with reading the way I did when I read these books as a child. Please help my students to become life long readers.

Ms. Sasseen PS 310 Marble Hill Grades 3-5

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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
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $5.85 5 $29.25
Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli, Narrated by S. Epatha Merkerson, Read by S. Epatha Merkerson • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Enormous Crocodile Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl, Read by Eric Idle • Barnes and Noble $23.35 1 $23.35
Matilda Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 3 $16.17
The Roald Dahl Audio CD Collection: Charlie, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Enormous Crocodile, Magic Finger Roald Dahl, Read by Roald Dahl, Read by Dahl Roald • Barnes and Noble $23.35 1 $23.35
The Witches Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Magic Finger Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Giver Lois Lowry • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
The Giver Lois Lowry, Read by Ron Rifkin • Barnes and Noble $22.40 1 $22.40
Number the Stars Lois Lowry • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Number the Stars Lois Lowry, Narrated by Blair Brown, Read by Blair Brown • Barnes and Noble $20.00 1 $20.00
Trumpet of the Swan E. B. White, Fred Marcellino (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Charlotte's Web with Stuart Little and the Trumpet of the Swan E. B. White • Barnes and Noble $5.00 1 $5.00
Stuart Little (2 CDs) E. B. White, Stuart Little, Read by Julie Harris • Barnes and Noble $19.80 1 $19.80
Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis, Read by James Avery • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Holes Louis Sachar • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Holes Louis Sachar, Read by Kerry Beyer • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95
Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar, Adam McCauley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 3 $16.17
Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Vol. 2 Louis Sachar, Read by Lionel Wilson • Barnes and Noble $16.20 1 $16.20
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom Louis Sachar, Zelade • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Wayside School Is Falling Down Louis Sachar, Adam McCauley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 3 $16.17
Wayside School Is Falling Down Louis Sachar, Read by Lionel Wilson • Barnes and Noble $16.20 1 $16.20
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School Louis Sachar • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger Read by Louis Sachar • Barnes and Noble $16.20 1 $16.20
Missing May Cynthia Rylant • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Barry Moser (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 3 $16.17
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Read by Peter MacNicol • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt • Barnes and Noble $5.39 3 $16.17
Dicey's Song Cynthia Voigt, Read by Jodi Benson • Barnes and Noble $17.99 1 $17.99
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor • Barnes and Noble $7.19 3 $21.57
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor, Read by Lynne Thigpen • Barnes and Noble $30.60 1 $30.60
The Land Mildred D. Taylor • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Summer of the Swans Betsy Byars, Constantinos Coconis, Ted CoConis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 5 $26.95
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell • Barnes and Noble $5.85 3 $17.55
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg, Barry David Marcus • Barnes and Noble $5.39 3 $16.17
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Read by Jan Miner, Narrated by Jan Miner • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry, Armstrong Sperry (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 3 $13.47
Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry, Read by Lou Diamond Phillips • Barnes and Noble $16.20 1 $16.20
The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare • Barnes and Noble $5.85 3 $17.55
The Sign of the Beaver Read by Greg Schaffert • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt, Betsy Hearne • Barnes and Noble $5.35 2 $10.70
Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt, Read by Melissa Hughes • Barnes and Noble $26.95 1 $26.95
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger Louis Sachar, Adam McCauley (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 2 $11.70
Island of the Blue Dophins Scott O'Dell, Read by Tantoo Cardinal • Barnes and Noble $17.95 1 $17.95

Materials cost

$716.55

Vendor shipping charges

 $71.66

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$823.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$180.66

Total project goal

$1,003.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,003.66

1 Donor

-$968.24

Donations toward project cost

-$823.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$145.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.42

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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