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Mrs. Bailey from Petaluma, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Eager Readers Need Books!

My students need 35 book titles including "Amelia Bedelia" and "Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry" that intrigue, interest, and inspire them along their paths toward becoming accomplished readers.

  • $492 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

Danny Champion of the World. That was it for me. The book that changed me into a reader. My students have yet to meet their life changing author or book. They search my shelves, filled with the tattered remains of classes past, hoping to find something to fall in love with...

The students in my class amaze me every day.

They come from homes where different languages are spoken, breakfast is hard to come by and there are rarely books being read by anyone. Yet, every day they come to school eager to learn, giving it everything they've got. They are excited by science, love to do art, and are really turned on by math. However, their biggest accomplishment this year has been their growth as readers. The whole class has impressed me with their overwhelming desire to become better at reading. No matter their level, each student is constantly working toward improving their understanding of written materials. They scour our poorly stocked classroom library shelves daily on a continued search to find the "hidden treasure" that the perfect book would be for them. They trade, share and are constantly negotiating who gets which "prized" book next, all the while asking me if I have anything more for them. These are lifelong readers waiting to take off!

My Project

Books. Plain and simple. It is books that these students need. They have done the hard work of learning how to read and now they deserve to have the delight of finding a book that takes them away. The resources that I have requested for our classroom consist of the basics for starting a classroom library that holds a magical potential for all who search its shelves. They will have access to biographies, sports, science, and a wide range fiction. The students will be able to choose books for our "Silent Reading" time that have value for them instead of just being "whatever" books. They will be given the opportunity to explore multiple works by a single author or to learn about topics that truly peak their curiosity. The students will be able to feel proud of their classroom library, instead of knowing that they are having to search through cast-off books to find something of interest. These children need and deserve to have, what for most of us, is a normal access to books.

The transition from learning how to read into reading to learn is so important to young learners.

This is the moment in which they get to have choice, explore and become engaged on their own. The students in my class have learned how to read. Now, they are starving for books to intrigue, amuse, and interest them like never before. This is the critical time in which they can either become truly bored by their reading or forever curious about what the next book may hold.

Mrs. Bailey McDowell Elementary School 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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Petaluma, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter • AKJ Books $64.33 1 $64.33
Marvin Redpost • AKJ Books $23.62 1 $23.62
Pinky and Rex • AKJ Books $23.62 1 $23.62
Big Cats • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
If I Ran the Circus (Classic Seuss) • AKJ Books $11.06 1 $11.06
We&apos • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Ed Emberley''s Drawing Book Make a World Ed Emberley, Ed Embe • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry Jack Prelutsky • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Words Are CATegorical • AKJ Books $25.72 1 $25.72
Judy Moody • AKJ Books $35.46 1 $35.46
All Star Sports Story • AKJ Books $26.42 1 $26.42
A Little Princess (Stepping Stones Classics) • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Black Beauty (Classic Starts Series) Anna Sewell, Lucy Corvi • AKJ Books $4.40 1 $4.40
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Freedom Summer • AKJ Books $14.05 1 $14.05
Horrible Harry and the Dragon War • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Horrible Harry and the Dungeon • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Horrible Harry and the Goog • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Horrible Harry and the Green Slime • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Horrible Harry Bugs the Three Bears • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Horrible Harry Takes the Cake • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Ramona Forever • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Ramona the Brave • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Amelia Bedelia • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Amelia Bedelia and the Baby • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Plantzilla Jerdine Nolen, Brian Keliher, David Catrow (Illus • AKJ Books $5.18 1 $5.18
The Secret Lives of Princesses Philippe Lechermeier, Rebecca • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
Bedhead Margie Palatini, Jack E. Davis (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Galimoto • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
A Lesson for Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ready-to-Read) • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95
Escape North! • AKJ Books $2.95 1 $2.95

Materials cost

$346.06

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $31.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$417.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.75

Total project goal

$491.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $491.66

5 Donors

-$243.18

Donations toward project cost

-$208.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.23

match offer

-$245.84

Match offer toward project cost

-$208.96

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.64

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