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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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If You Build It, They Will Come

Help me give my students new award-winning books and graphic novels to spark their interest and invite them back into the library!

  • $871 goal

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My Students

My school has grown over the past few years from around 650 students to over 900! They are eager learners and readers who have been asking me, the school librarian, when they can come and check out books this year. They are so crestfallen when I tell them that I've had to get rid of most of our books, which were moldy and obsolete from years of disuse. Students here are part of a language magnet, and need books to read, not only in English, but in Mandarin and Spanish as well.

I have a class of library leadership students who are so excited to be able to take part in the reincarnation of the library.

They are brimming with ideas for themes and displays, and different types of books they would like to see here. After all, what is a library without books? I hate to have to tell them, "I don't know," when they ask when we will have more books for our empty shelves.

My Project

Independent reading is so important in increasing students' overall academic skills. Kids need books to engage their interests and passions, especially in the middle grades where reading has become a struggle for some.

Our library has been largely defunct for a number of years, and as the new librarian it was my (painful) job to weed out books that were obsolete and damaged or moldy beyond help.

Our library has a fresh coat of paint and woefully empty shelves. At least 2/3 of our books had to go.

Students are asking for books to take home for independent reading. I love that they are asking! Not only will they be opening themselves to new worlds of imagination, they will be building vocabulary, feeling how skillfully wielded language flows, growing in fluency, and applying the analytical literary skills they learn in English class. Now, we just need the books!

Ms. Carter Mark Twain Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

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

900 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amulet (8 Books) • AKJ Education $81.55 1 $81.55
La Novela Grafica (Graphic Spin en Espanol) (5 books) Spanish • AKJ Education $22.26 1 $22.26
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $18.24 1 $18.24
Boots on the Ground • AKJ Education $16.78 1 $16.78
Free Lunch • AKJ Education $15.26 1 $15.26
(Don't) Call Me Crazy • AKJ Education $15.26 1 $15.26
Flora and Ulysses • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Ordinary Hazards • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Snow White • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
The Unwanted • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Children of Blood and Bone • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Sea Change • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Frankenstein • AKJ Education $13.72 1 $13.72
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Darius the Great Is Not Okay • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Odyssey • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Each Tiny Spark • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Before the Ever After • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Cursed • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Pet • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Look Both Ways • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Genesis Begins Again • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Mapping the Bones • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Undefeated • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Sulwe • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Anya's Ghost • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Other Words for Home • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Meanwhile • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Best at It • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Lety Out Loud • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Yummy • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
Lost in NYC • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale My Father Bleeds History • AKJ Education $11.87 1 $11.87
Hansel and Gretel (Standard Edition) • AKJ Education $11.46 1 $11.46
Big Nate In the Zone • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
Big Nate Goes for Broke • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
Big Nate Blasts Off • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
El Deafo • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
The Poet X • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Dog-Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Feed • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Dog Man Brawl of the Wild • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
La Bella y La Bestia (Beauty and the Beast) • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Centicienta (Cinderella) • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
Rumpelstiltskin (Spanish Edition) • AKJ Education $4.34 1 $4.34
La Nina Que Poncho a Babe Ruth (The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth) • AKJ Education $1.85 1 $1.85
Allen Jay Y El Ferrocarril Subterraneo (Allen Jay and the Undergound Railroad) • AKJ Education $1.80 1 $1.80
War of the Witches • AKJ Education $1.00 1 $1.00

Materials cost

$636.09

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $58.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$739.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$130.56

Total project goal

$870.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $870.39

6 Donors

-$611.43

Donations toward project cost

-$520.17

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.26

Matching donations from our partners

-$258.42

Match offers toward project cost

-$219.66

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.53

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 $0.00

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