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

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Great Novels and Picture Books for 5th Grade

Help me give my students excellent novels and picture books for read alouds and our classroom library!

  • $465 goal

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My Students

My students are thoughtful, enthusiastic, and creative critical thinkers. There is a broad range in my students' academic abilities, skills, and interests, yet they are very supportive of one another.

My students have lots of heart and love to read!

They are also passionate about helping and contributing to their community! They attend a public school in an ethnically, socioeconomically, and linguistically diverse neighborhood. They want to make a difference!

My Project

These texts will contribute to a diverse, inspiring classroom library that will support students' literacy. The books in this selection span several reading levels. These titles touch on social issues that I think are important to address in a 5th grade classroom and feature protagonists from diverse backgrounds.

Great books have the power to serve as windows and mirrors into the lives of all children.

I will read some of these texts aloud to facilitate rich discussions with my students, as well as instruction of grade-level standards. All of these texts will be displayed and available for students to read, love, and enjoy in my classroom library.

Ms. Erica Hollywood 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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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

19 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Giving Tree • Amazon Business $9.09 2 $18.18
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $14.27 1 $14.27
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
I Am Every Good Thing • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
I Am One: A Book of Action (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $12.25 1 $12.25
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET • Amazon Business $11.66 1 $11.66
Sometimes People March • Amazon Business $11.54 1 $11.54
My Diary From Here to There/Mi diario de aqui hasta alla • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
When Stars Are Scattered • Amazon Business $10.84 1 $10.84
Where the Sidewalk Ends Special Edition with 12 Extra Poems: Poems and Drawings • Amazon Business $10.25 1 $10.25
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Benefits of Being an Octopus: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Teach Us Your Name • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, 1) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Young Reader's Edition • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
New Kid • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
Amina's Voice • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Clean Getaway • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Roll with It • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Fish in a Tree • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1) • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69
Some Kind of Courage • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Let's Talk About Race • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $6.38 1 $6.38
Becoming Naomi León (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Giver (1) (Giver Quartet) • Amazon Business $5.55 1 $5.55
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon Business $4.59 1 $4.59
Merci Suárez Changes Gears • Amazon Business $3.19 1 $3.19

Materials cost

$329.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $30.18

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$394.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.70

Total project goal

$464.65

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $464.65

7 Donors

-$405.82

Donations toward project cost

-$352.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.37

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.83

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 $0.00

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