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Ms. Palmer from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating a Love for Reading!

Help me give my students new books and seats for their library to ignite their love for reading.

  • $1,312 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.

My Students

My students come from a Title I school in New York City’s upper east side. I’ve been blessed this year with a kind bunch that love to learn. They enjoy hands-on projects, group/peer learning, and independent reading time.

I’ve done what I can to make our library warm and engaging for my kiddos but I need some help.

My students absolutely love to read and unfortunately, our library is lacking. Our books are outdated and falling apart. I purchased a few books for the class, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dogman, Time Warp Trio, out of my own pocket. When I presented them to the class their faces lit up and they couldn’t wait to read them. I want to stock my library with new books that I just know my students will love. Please help enhance my students’ natural love for reading by donating to our project. I can’t wait to see the smiles on their faces when we receive our new books.

My Project

My students spend at least 30 minutes a day reading independently in the classroom and are allowed to take books out of the classroom library to take home. Our current library is outdated and the books are falling apart. I am also in desperate need of books from guided reading levels G-I. They need new books to keep them engaged in order to build their reading skills. Creating a new library for them will keep them engaged and excited to read.

Many of them are below level readers and need as much encouragement as they can to continue building their reading skills.

New books and seats will excite my students as well as give them the library they truly deserve.

Ms. Palmer Mosaic Preparatory Academy Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

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

18 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Guided Reading Collection: Level I Fiction and Nonfiction Combo (40 books) • AKJ Education $212.09 1 $212.09
Guided Reading Collection: Level H Fiction (20 books) • AKJ Education $91.05 1 $91.05
Guided Reading Collection: Level G Fiction (20 books) • AKJ Education $90.32 1 $90.32
LC573BU - Flex-Space Big Beanbag Seat - Blue (30") • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
LC573GR - Flex-Space Big Beanbag Seat - Green (30") • Lakeshore Learning Materials $79.99 1 $79.99
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Butter Battle Book • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Mouse and the Motorcycle CD • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Game Time, Mallory! • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
Big Nate Goes for Broke • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 7 The Third Wheel • AKJ Education $10.18 1 $10.18
Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 6: Cabin Fever • AKJ Education $10.18 1 $10.18
Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 3 - The Last Straw • AKJ Education $10.18 1 $10.18
Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 2 - Rodrick Rules • AKJ Education $10.18 1 $10.18
Smile • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery • AKJ Education $7.63 1 $7.63
Invasion from Planet Dork • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
My Rotten Life • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich Curse of the Bologna Sandwich • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Marshmallow Man • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Little House on the Prairie • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Once upon a Time • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Shiloh • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Little House in the Big Woods (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Borrowers • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing about Me • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Boy Tales of Childhood • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Modern Classics) • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Geronimo Stilton #2: The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Geronimo Stilton #3: Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Blubber • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Fudge a mania • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Stuart Little: 60th Anniversary Edition • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Rules • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Bridge to Terabithia • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Superfudge • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Shredderman: Attack of the Tagger • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
There's A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Double Fudge • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Geronimo Stilton #33: Geronimo and the Gold Medal Mystery • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Geronimo Stilton #1: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Kyrie Irving • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Zombies! • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
James and the Giant Peach • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Matilda • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Fantastic Mr. Fox • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Back to School, Mallory • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Pippi in the South Seas • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Lunch Lady #3: Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Magical Ms. Plum • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Smashie McPerter and the Mystery of Room 11 • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Heart to Heart with Mallory • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
A Mouse Called Wolf • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Honestly, Mallory! • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Alvin Ho: Allergic to the Great Wall, the Forbidden Palace, and Other Tourist Attractions • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Lucy Rose: Working Myself to Pieces and Bits • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can't Believe Busy Like You Can't Believe • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Squish #4: Captain Disaster • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Mallory Vs. Max • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Mallory On The Move • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Gooney Bird Greene • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Skinnybones • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Pippi Longstocking (Puffin Modern Classics) • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Buzz Boy and Fly Guy (Fly Guy #9) • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Manga Math Mysteries 2 The Hundred-Dollar Robber • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
It's All Greek to Me #8 • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Knights of the Kitchen Table #1 • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
No Flying in the House • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Summer Reading Is Killing Me! #7 • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Jake Drake, Class Clown • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Captain Underpants #1) • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets (Captain Underpants #2) • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Worst Witch • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The New Kid at School #1 • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci #14 • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Amelia Bedelia Goes Wild! • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Mrs Piggie Wiggle • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Ballpark Mysteries Super Special #1: The World Series Curse • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Stink • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
My Weird School #9: Miss Lazar Is Bizarre! • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
My Weird School #3: Mrs. Roopy Is Loopy! • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
My Weird School #7: Mrs. Cooney Is Loony! • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Andrew Lost #9: In Time • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Andrew Lost #10: On Earth • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Andrew Lost #2: In the Bathroom • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
Andrew Lost #18: With the Frogs • AKJ Education $2.91 1 $2.91
The Great Kitten Challenge • AKJ Education $2.81 1 $2.81

Materials cost

$1,068.40

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,114.43

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$196.66

Total project goal

$1,311.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,311.09

1 Donor

-$1,311.09

Donations toward project cost

-$1,114.43

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$196.66

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