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Mrs. Berryhill from Southaven, MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Texts for Diverse Readers

Help me give my students engaging books that will peak the interests of diverse readers.

  • $298 goal

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Mrs. Berryhill has another project! Donate to Reading In My Happy Place to help her classroom.

$310 - complete this project and be a hero
Help Mrs. Berryhill

Mrs. Berryhill has another project! Donate to Reading In My Happy Place to help her classroom.

$310 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

I teach a class of diverse students with big imaginations and even bigger hearts. The unique qualities of each child is what makes our classroom community so special. I love the energy they bring to class each day.

My goal is to ensure each child recognizes their value, sees their potential, and strives for growth.

My classroom is full of eager minds who learn best through hands-on activities, student based learning, and open discussion. As a team, my students and I work hard each day to better ourselves academically, socially, and emotionally. Learning and growing alongside our future generation is truly a rewarding journey.

My Project

Reading is fundamental. It is one of the main building blocks of education, and yet, for some children, reading is a chore. I believe that this negative mindset can be reversed. The key to this reversal is simple.

In order to promote a love for reading, teachers must ensure that the right books are placed in the right hands.

Unfortunately, there is no "one size fits all" in the world of reading. Diverse readers require diverse books. A child must find the material they are reading relatable and relevant before they can get lost in it's pages. Funding this project is not just about books on a shelf. It is about a student's positive experience with education's greatest asset, reading.

Mrs. Berryhill Southaven Intermediate School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Southaven, MS View local requests

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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Wish in the Dark • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation (Pantheon Graphic Library) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
We Dream of Space • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
When You Trap a Tiger: (Winner of the 2021 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Legacy of the Inventor: A Timmi Tobbson Adventure (Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries Book for Boys and Girls 8-12) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Puppy Problems (Peanut, Butter, and Crackers) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Escape from a Video Game: The Secret of Phantom Island (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Wonder • Amazon Business $9.73 1 $9.73
Ways to Grow Love (A Ryan Hart Story, 2) • Amazon Business $9.60 1 $9.60
Code 7: Cracking the Code for an Epic Life • Amazon Business $8.88 1 $8.88
Lifeboat 12 • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
The Great Pet Heist • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Wildfire • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Some Places More Than Others • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Count Me In • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
From the Desk of Zoe Washington • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Amina's Voice • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Song for a Whale • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
The Magnificent Makers #1: How to Test a Friendship • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
A Night Divided (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $5.19 1 $5.19

Materials cost

$205.24

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $14.37

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$252.69

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.59

Total project goal

$297.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $297.28

2 Donors

-$148.63

Donations toward project cost

-$126.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.29

Matching donations from our partners

-$148.65

Match offers toward project cost

-$126.35

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.30

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