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

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Kids Need Book BFFs!

My students need 3 copies each of books to improve fluency, including Amulet, El Deafo and Game.

  • $856 goal

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My Students

My students love to read, and cherish independent reading time. Typically, when they have books that they love in their hands, they ask for tons of reading time. They have been sharing books and reading to each other, and have become very good at pulling others into their selections.

We are a Title I school.

My students are typical 7th graders who like to read about kids who are like themselves--and sometimes about kids who are in other worlds. Many of my students rely on our classroom library and the school library to keep books in their hands, and the school works hard to keep selections fresh and interesting.

My Project

With these books, students can practice reading with fluency and voice. They can also practice responding to literature--aloud with friends and formally on paper. Most of all, they will become pros at finding books that are engaging--the stuff of being a lifelong reader.

This project makes a difference simply by putting lovely, glossy, crisp new books on my shelves.

My students need 3 copies each of books to improve fluency, including Amulet, El Deafo and Game. Your donations will all but eliminate that feeling of "... but there is nothing good to read."

Ms. Schildkraut MS 88 Peter Rouget Grades 6-8

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. Schildkraut

Brooklyn, NY 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

150 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Miracle's Boys (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $18.40 3 $55.20
If You Come Softly (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $18.40 3 $55.20
Crackback • Amazon Business $14.99 3 $44.97
Stargirl • Amazon Business $12.63 3 $37.89
Sunny Side Up • Amazon Business $16.86 2 $33.72
Eleanor & Park • Amazon Business $10.74 3 $32.22
Game • Amazon Business $9.99 3 $29.97
What Jamie Saw • Amazon Business $9.95 3 $29.85
Autobiography of My Dead Brother • Amazon Business $8.20 3 $24.60
Counting by 7s • Amazon Business $8.09 3 $24.27
The Dead and The Gone • Amazon Business $7.99 3 $23.97
This World We Live In (Life As We Knew It Series) • Amazon Business $7.98 3 $23.94
The Last Council (Amulet #4) • Amazon Business $7.92 3 $23.76
The Cloud Searchers (Amulet #3) • Amazon Business $7.92 3 $23.76
The Stonekeeper's Curse (Amulet #2) • Amazon Business $7.92 3 $23.76
The Stonekeeper (Amulet #1) • Amazon Business $7.53 3 $22.59
Wringer (Trophy Newbery) • Amazon Business $6.99 3 $20.97
Black and White (Speak) • Amazon Business $6.99 3 $20.97
Explorer: The Mystery Boxes • Amazon Business $6.81 3 $20.43
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Reissue with bonus short story): Chaos Walking: Book One • Amazon Business $6.70 3 $20.10
The Hidden Doors (Explorer) • Amazon Business $6.67 3 $20.01
El Deafo • Amazon Business $6.67 3 $20.01
The Final Four • Amazon Business $6.25 3 $18.75
Drama • Amazon Business $6.20 3 $18.60
Life as We Knew It • Amazon Business $5.88 3 $17.64

Materials cost

$687.15

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$727.46

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$128.38

Total project goal

$855.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $855.84

15 Donors

-$853.70

Donations toward project cost

-$727.46

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$126.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.14

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