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Ms. Carter from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Good Books, Happy Kids

Help me give my students more relevant books for independent reading and for reading as a class. As a librarian, it is my goal to provide relevant, quality books for my students. Help me make 1,000 kids happy!

  • 4 donors
  • $1,374 still needed

expires Jan 24

  • 4 donors
  • $1,374 still needed
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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

As a librarian, I do my best to acquire great books for my kids to read. I also try to acquire books as students (and teachers) request them for independent reading and for classroom use. Often, this means I will buy the books requested myself, but my ability to do that is limited. Without a dedicated library budget, I am limited in what I can provide. One of the best letters I ever got from a student thanked me for making the library a safe space and for the magic of being able to request a book and have it appear days later. My eager readers come often, requesting new recommendations. They tell me finding new books is like Christmas. Help me make it Christmas every day!

Ms. Carter
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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Night Diary • Amazon Business $7.99 75 $599.25
Trials of Apollo, The 5Book Hardcover Boxed Set • Amazon Business $58.46 1 $58.46
The Heroes of Olympus Hardcover Boxed Set of 5 • Amazon Business $53.85 1 $53.85
3 Book Set: Erin Entrada Kelly Author Study (The First State of Being, Hello Universe, We Dream of Space) - Award Winning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $42.00 1 $42.00
Charlie Hernández Mythic Collection (Boxed Set): Charlie Hernández & the League of Shadows; Charlie Hernández & the Castle of Bones; Charlie Hernández & the Golden Dooms • Amazon Business $36.99 1 $36.99
The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias • Kaplan Early Learning Company $25.19 1 $25.19
Made in Asian America: A History for Young People (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $24.00 1 $24.00
Elatsoe (YA hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
A Kids Book About Body Hair (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Climate Change (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Banned Books (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Rover's Story (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults) (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Cool. Awkward. Black. (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow (hardcover) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Something to Say (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Isaiah Dunn Saves the Day (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Crazy Contraptions: Build Rube Goldberg Machines that Swoop, Spin, Stack, and Swivel: with Hands-On Engineering Activities • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Bots! Robotics Engineering: with Hands-On Makerspace Activities • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49

Materials cost

$1,080.76

Vendor shipping charges

 $9.80

Sales tax

 $98.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.21

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,235.66

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$218.06

Total project goal

$1,453.72

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,453.72

3 Donors

-$77.50

Donations toward project cost

-$66.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

match offer

-$2.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$2.12

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.38

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.44

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $1,373.28

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