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Mrs. Newhouse from Upsala, MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Get Reading!

My students need graphic novels including Amulet books, Babymouse, Squish, and Lunch Lady.

  • $992 goal

This project expired on June 2, 2017.

This project expired on June 2, 2017.

My Students

I can't put it any better than Maya Angelou, "Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him." My greatest desire and the best reward of my job is helping kids find that book. You can help too!

Our school is focused on literacy.

Each month we focus various words that develop our students' reading skills. We use our morning video announcements to share books that our teachers love, new books that have come into the library, and books that have won awards. We celebrate I Love to Read Month and Dr. Seuss March Madness. We have book fairs and PTO Book Bingo, but our kids need more. The kids are diverse in their backgrounds and their reading levels and our library is simply not meeting a profound need.

My Project

As I said, our students are diverse in background and reading level. Reading levels vary dramatically even within a grade level. Our students love reading books. They love to check out books during their library time and share them with their friends, but the students with lower reading levels and different interests are missing out. Some of our students prefer not to read a long chapter book, but prefer to read a graphic novel that is similar in length to a chapter book. When lower readers check out these books, they are not embarrassed by having to find a book at a lower reading level because the books interest kids almost universally. The books encourage a love of reading in students and a great growth of reading skills.

Right now, our library has a very limited number of graphic novels.

By supporting this project, you will help to fill the gap in our library collection. The books will be featured prominently on their own shelf in the library and will be available for students to check out and enjoy.

Mrs. Newhouse
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Boxcar Children (10 Books) • AKJ Education $46.57 1 $46.57
Squish (8 Books) • AKJ Education $37.26 1 $37.26
Amulet Boxset: Books 1-3 • AKJ Education $25.33 1 $25.33
Earthling! • AKJ Education $20.69 1 $20.69
Cardboard • AKJ Education $18.24 1 $18.24
The Truth About Stacey: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #2) Full Color Edition • AKJ Education $18.24 1 $18.24
Kristy's Great Idea: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #1) Full Color Edition • AKJ Education $18.24 1 $18.24
Ghostopolis • AKJ Education $17.89 1 $17.89
Amelia in Speak Softee to Me • AKJ Education $17.67 1 $17.67
Amelia in What Makes You Happy • AKJ Education $17.67 1 $17.67
Amelia and the Other Side of Yuletide • AKJ Education $17.67 1 $17.67
Amelia Vs. the Sneeze Barf • AKJ Education $17.67 1 $17.67
Amelia in Loosely in Disguise and Frightened • AKJ Education $17.67 1 $17.67
Amelia and the Gym Class System • AKJ Education $17.67 1 $17.67
Sisters • AKJ Education $16.13 1 $16.13
Bake Sale • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
True Things (Adults Don't Want Kids to Know) • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Paths & Portals • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Sardine in Outer Space 5 My Cousin Manga and Other Stories • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Robot Dreams • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Sardine in Outer Space 2 • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Sardine in Outer Space 3 • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Secret Coders • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Hereville How Mirka Met a Meteorite • AKJ Education $13.10 1 $13.10
Hereville How Mirka Got Her Sword • AKJ Education $13.10 1 $13.10
Owly & Wormy, Friends All Aflutter! • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Sardine in Outer Space • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Lunch Lady and the Bake Sale Bandit Lunch Lady #5 • AKJ Education $11.69 1 $11.69
Lunch Lady 10 Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle • AKJ Education $11.69 1 $11.69
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute Lunch Lady #1 • AKJ Education $11.69 1 $11.69
Odd Duck • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Sardine in Outer Space 4 • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Silly Lilly in What Will I Be Today? (TOON Level 1) • AKJ Education $11.66 1 $11.66
Creepy Crawly Crime • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Unsinkable Walker Bean, The • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Giants Beware! • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Dinosaur Dilemma Dinosaur Dilemma • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Escape From Lucien (Amulet #6) • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Zita the Spacegirl • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Benny and Penny in How To Say Goodbye (TOON Level 2) • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Patrick in A Teddy Bear's Picnic and Other Stories (TOON Level 2) • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons TOON Level 1 • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Benny and Penny in Lights Out! TOON Level 2 • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Benny and Penny in Just Pretend TOON Level 2 • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Benny and Penny in the Toy Breaker TOON Level 2 • AKJ Education $9.45 1 $9.45
Prince of the Elves (Amulet #5) Prince of the Elves • AKJ Education $8.44 1 $8.44
The Last Council (Amulet #4) The Last Council • AKJ Education $8.44 1 $8.44
Bad Island • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Knights of the Lunch Table #2: The Dragon Players • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Knights of the Lunch Table #1: The Dodgeball Chronicles Knights of the Lunch Table • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Mal and Chad 2 Food Fight! • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Belly Flop! Book 3 • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Magic Pickle Graphic Novel • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Mal and Chad 1 The Biggest, Bestest Time Ever! • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Sticky Burr Adventures in Burrwood Forest • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Babymouse #7: Skater Girl • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Babymouse #5: Heartbreaker • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Lunch Lady and the Picture Day Peril Lunch Lady #8 • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes Lunch Lady #7 • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain Lunch Lady #9 • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Babymouse #10: The Musical • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Babymouse #8: Puppy Love • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye 1 Hamster and Cheese • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Going, Going, Dragon! • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Fish You Were Here • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07

Materials cost

$800.60

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$842.61

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$148.70

Total project goal

$991.31

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