As a teacher, I have tried multiple strategies to coax kids into loving reading, but there is one thing that works every time - making sure that my classroom is filled with an abundant, wide variety of engaging books! For my rural Maine students, this includes books about fishing, raising chickens, accounts of girls who became famous scientists or inventors, cookbooks, graphic novels and other engaging texts that tie into the history we study, picture books that foster social-emotional awareness and empathy, and stories that bring us together as a classroom community.
Over the past seven years, as I have grown my classroom library, my students' love of reading has grown as well.
In various years I have pinched pennies, used my classroom budget, or tapped into the wonderful resource of DonorsChoose to furnish fresh texts for my students. It has proven to inspire and draw them in as readers every single time.
Though my classroom library has grown and that is wonderful, with most fourth graders reading 40-80 books per year, the books' covers and pages are becoming worn. Your help in updating and expanding the classroom library this year will make an impact on this fourth-grade class by stirring up a love of reading that will go with them far beyond this school year!
More than a third 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
Jump Library Amazing Structures Around the World Books - Set of 6
• Kaplan Early Learning Company
$49.46
1
$49.46
3 Book Set: GIRLS in STEM Bundle: Counting on Katherine, Shark Lady, Ada Twist, Scientist (hardcover picture books, science math)
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$48.00
1
$48.00
Bones: An Inside Look at the Animal Kingdom
• Amazon Business
$19.99
1
$19.99
How to Become an Astronaut for Kids! (Space Books For Kids Age 9-12)
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
Nesting
• Amazon Business
$17.99
1
$17.99
Sticks and Stones
• Amazon Business
$16.99
1
$16.99
I'm Trying to Love Germs
• Amazon Business
$14.88
1
$14.88
How to Train Your Puppy for Kids: Step-by-Step Training Guide, Tips, and Tricks to Raise Your Puppy in Fun and Easy Ways
• Amazon Business
$13.97
1
$13.97
Hot Dog: (Winner of the 2023 Caldecott Medal)
• Amazon Business
$13.68
1
$13.68
How to Read a Book
• Amazon Business
$11.29
1
$11.29
Life Skills for Kids: How to Cook, Clean, Make Friends, Handle Emergencies, Set Goals, Make Good Decisions, and Everything in Between
• Amazon Business
$11.29
1
$11.29
Two Truths and a Lie: Histories and Mysteries
• Amazon Business
$11.19
1
$11.19
Two Truths and a Lie: Forces of Nature
• Amazon Business
$10.99
1
$10.99
Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive!
• Amazon Business
$10.96
1
$10.96
What Do You Do With a Chance? — New York Times best seller
• Amazon Business
$9.89
1
$9.89
Say My Name
• Amazon Business
$9.44
1
$9.44
The Stray Dog: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Knots on a Counting Rope (Reading Rainbow Books)
• Amazon Business
$7.19
1
$7.19
Those Shoes
• Amazon Business
$7.00
1
$7.00
Give Bees a Chance
• Amazon Business
$6.99
1
$6.99
Materials cost
$318.17
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$15.91
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.77
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$368.85
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$65.09
Total project goal
$433.94
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$433.94
8 Donors
-$332.45
Donations toward project cost
-$298.73
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$33.72
Matching donations from our partners
-$82.50
Match offers toward project cost
-$70.12
Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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