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Ms. Lassman from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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For the Love of Reading

Help me give my students new books that peak their interests, expose them to powerful stories, and grow their literacy skills!

  • $993 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Project

One of my highest goals as a reading teacher is to nurture a love of reading for my students. One way to do this is by providing books that they are excited to read! This project is full of books that my students have requested often, or I'm sure they'll love.

Fifth grade is a time that many students are beginning to understand deeper issues in the world or even experience these issues in their own worlds.

Because of this, I made a point to select books that represent many demographics to ensure that students see themselves in the books they read and to ensure they are reading about the world from others' perspectives. This helps shape students into more compassionate, kind individuals.

Ms. Lassman Burbank 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.

More about Ms. Lassman

Houston, TX 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

60 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Questioneers Picture Book Collection • Amazon Business $49.49 1 $49.49
Dog Man: The Supa Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-6 Box Set) • Amazon Business $37.90 1 $37.90
Roald Dahl Collection 16 Books Box Set • Amazon Business $32.48 1 $32.48
Angie Thomas 2-Book Hardcover Box Set: The Hate U Give and On the Come Up • Amazon Business $20.34 1 $20.34
Britannica All New Kids' Encyclopedia: What We Know & What We Don't • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Bad Guys Even Badder Box Set (The Bad Guys #6-10) • Amazon Business $19.49 1 $19.49
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Pandora • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Those Shoes (Turtleback Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Wishes • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame • Amazon Business $15.60 1 $15.60
So Few of Me • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop (Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Secret Garden • Amazon Business $14.85 1 $14.85
Most Perfect You • Amazon Business $14.70 1 $14.70
The Day the Crayons Came Home • Amazon Business $14.34 1 $14.34
Hey, Little Ant • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Starfish • Amazon Business $13.26 1 $13.26
Where the Wild Things Are • Amazon Business $13.20 1 $13.20
Amanda Gorman (Volume 75) (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $13.19 1 $13.19
Jake the Growling Dog: A Children's Book about the Power of Kindness, Celebrating Diversity, and Friendship • Amazon Business $13.14 1 $13.14
They Called Us Enemy • Amazon Business $13.12 1 $13.12
Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Red, White, and Whole • Amazon Business $12.97 1 $12.97
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (Irma S and James H Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards)) • Amazon Business $12.93 1 $12.93
Milo Imagines the World • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Beyond the Bright Sea • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
The Year We Learned to Fly • Amazon Business $12.72 1 $12.72
Zonia's Rain Forest • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
The Word Collector • Amazon Business $12.46 1 $12.46
A Letter From Your Teacher: On the Last Day of School • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Love • Amazon Business $11.60 1 $11.60
Viva Frida (Morales, Yuyi) • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Locomotive (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Stuntboy, in the Meantime (1) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Another • Amazon Business $10.88 1 $10.88
The Book with No Pictures • Amazon Business $10.74 1 $10.74
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark • Amazon Business $10.50 1 $10.50
Maybe: A Story About the Endless Potential in All of Us • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Guys Write for Guys Read: Boys' Favorite Authors Write About Being Boys • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
We Will Rock Our Classmates (Penelope, 2) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Say Something • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country • Amazon Business $9.58 1 $9.58
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Illustrated Biographies by Chronicle Books) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
You Matter • Amazon Business $9.27 1 $9.27
Tomatoes for Neela • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Dragons Love Tacos • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Dear Justyce • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
Freedom Soup • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Swimmy • Amazon Business $7.18 1 $7.18
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster (Smithsonian) • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70

Materials cost

$801.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$843.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.90

Total project goal

$992.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $992.64

2 Donors

-$197.64

Donations toward project cost

-$171.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.90

match offer

-$790.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$672.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$118.59

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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