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Ms. Pugh from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help My Students Read More Fantasy!

My students need lower level fantasy books for struggling readers. With these titles, I am sure that my students will have no choice but to become more interested in the wonderful world of fantasy.

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My Students

We just started a new fantasy unit at school. The problem is, most of my students don’t read fantasy. Most of my students think fantasy is mostly about books like Harry Potter and the Hunger Games, and they are intimidated. I have three classes filled with English language learners, special needs kids, and struggling students who read below grade level. The majority of my students think fantasy is about big, thick, books that are way too complicated.

They don’t know how much fun fantasy can be.

They don’t know that fantasy opens the mind and makes readers more creative. A lot of them don’t know what is like to lose your self in a world that is nothing like Earth. My students need more access to low-level fantasy books. They don’t read a lot of fantasy because most fantasy books are written for students who read at a higher grade level. My students need low-level fantasy that they can read and comprehend on their own. Please help me show them that fantasy can be fun!

My Project

Help My Students read more fantasy!

We just started a new fantasy unit at my school.

But the problem is a lot of my students don’t read fantasy. Lots of my students are intimidated by fantasy. A lot of the fantasy books are inaccessible to them because they read below grade level, or they are new to reading in general, since they are learning English as a second language.

Kids need to be able to have access to fantasy books so they can learn to imagine a world that is different from their own. Fantasy also help readers and writers be more creative and look at things from a different point of view. My students need more low-level fantasy books.

My school has a budget for obtaining new books for the year, but unfortunately, most of them are not at the level that my kids can read (yet). Harry Potter is awesome but the fact is, most of my students can’t read books on that level. Please help me give my students access to more fantasy books that they can read on their own.

Ms. Pugh MS 88 Peter Rouget Grades 6-8

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More than half 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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Lost Stone (The Kingdom of Wrenly) • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
The Last Council (Amulet #4) • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
Lucinda's Secret (Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 3) • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
The Field Guide • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
Firelight (Amulet #7) • Amazon Business $8.68 1 $8.68
The Ironwood Tree (Spiderwick Chronicles) • Amazon Business $8.18 1 $8.18
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Spellbound: The Books of Elsewhere: Volume 2 • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Wrath of Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles) • Amazon Business $7.56 1 $7.56
The Diamond of Darkhold (Ember, Book 4) • Amazon Business $7.54 1 $7.54
The City of Ember (The First Book of Ember) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
The People of Sparks (The City of Ember) • Amazon Business $7.09 1 $7.09
The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Royal Wedding Disaster: From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess • Amazon Business $6.21 1 $6.21
Never Girls #3: A Dandelion Wish (Disney: The Never Girls) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Help! It's Parents Day at DSA #10 (Dragon Slayers' Academy) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Countdown to the Year 1000 (Dragon Slayers' Academy #8) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Knight for a Day #5 (Dragon Slayers' Academy) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Deltora Quest #2: The Lake of Tears • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Never Girls #2: The Space Between (Disney: The Never Girls) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Sir Lancelot, Where Are You? #6 (Dragon Slayers' Academy) • Amazon Business $5.67 1 $5.67
the Ghost of Sir Herbert Dungeonstone ((Dragon Slayers' Academy, No.12) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Chill of the Ice Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #9) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Rise of the Earth Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
A Wedding for Wiglaf? #4 (Dragon Slayers' Academy) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Revenge of the Dragon Lady (Dragon Slayers' Academy 2) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
The New Kid at School (Dragon Slayers' Academy, No. 1) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Meltdown Madness: A Branches Book (Looniverse #2) • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
Knit-Knotters: A Branches Book (Stella and the Night Sprites #1) • Amazon Business $4.73 1 $4.73
Beware! It's Friday the 13th #13 (Dragon Slayers' Academy) • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49
Classes Are Canceled!: A Branches Book (Eerie Elementary #7) • Amazon Business $4.43 1 $4.43
Sam Battles the Machine!: A Branches Book (Eerie Elementary #6) • Amazon Business $4.42 1 $4.42
Flight of the Moon Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #6) • Amazon Business $4.03 1 $4.03
Power of the Fire Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #4) • Amazon Business $3.89 1 $3.89
Never Girls #4: From the Mist (Disney: The Never Girls) • Amazon Business $3.64 1 $3.64
School Freezes Over!: A Branches Book (Eerie Elementary #5) • Amazon Business $3.61 1 $3.61
Saving the Sun Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #2) • Amazon Business $3.61 1 $3.61
Never Girls #1: In a Blink (Disney: The Never Girls) • Amazon Business $3.54 1 $3.54
Class Trip to the Cave of Doom #3 (Dragon Slayers' Academy) • Amazon Business $3.45 1 $3.45
The Science Fair is Freaky! A Branches Book (Eerie Elementary #4) • Amazon Business $3.26 1 $3.26
Step Into the Spotlight!: A Branches Book (The Amazing Stardust Friends #1) • Amazon Business $3.14 1 $3.14
Tooth Bandits: A Branches Book (Stella and the Night Sprites #2) • Amazon Business $2.42 1 $2.42

Materials cost

$243.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$276.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$48.86

Total project goal

$325.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $325.76

2 Donors

-$325.76

Donations toward project cost

-$276.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.86

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