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Mrs. Thakkar from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Nifty New Nonfiction for Our Nonstop Bookworms!

My students need new nonfiction books like Families, Iras Shakespeare, and Simple Machines to continue our learning!

  • $510 goal

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My Students

Remember going to the library and being surrounded by amazing new books? Please help us update our nonfiction and give our students this experience!

My students come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and the library is the place that equalizes them.

We have students from around the block and around the world. We have students that are learning English and that are learning other languages. Give to a school that has many cultures, diversity, and adversity!

My Project

Our students will be exposed to new books and be excited for learning in so many ways! New books speak to children in so many ways and give fresh new ideas to our students. Give our students the opportunity to read new books of their own choice to inspire and motivate their reading skills!

These donations will encourage life long readers and learners.

Our students love reading and I want to continually give them fresh books to read and new ideas to share! Every student wants a book that speaks to them, these books will give more options and build more readers at our school!

Mrs. Thakkar Ogden Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Families • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Ira's Shakespeare Dream • Amazon Business $17.27 1 $17.27
Simple Machines (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2) • Amazon Business $17.20 1 $17.20
Pulling Back the Curtain on Magic! (Science of Fun Stuff) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Innings and Outs of Baseball (Science of Fun Stuff) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Sugary Secrets Behind Candy (Science of Fun Stuff) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books) • Amazon Business $16.82 1 $16.82
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore (Carolrhoda Picture Books) • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom • Amazon Business $16.01 1 $16.01
Beastly Verse • Amazon Business $15.75 1 $15.75
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Amazon Business $14.78 1 $14.78
The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford • Amazon Business $14.28 1 $14.28
The Thrills and Chills of Amusement Parks (Science of Fun Stuff) • Amazon Business $14.21 1 $14.21
Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues • Amazon Business $13.75 1 $13.75
How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz • Amazon Business $13.67 1 $13.67
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage • Amazon Business $13.67 1 $13.67
Water Is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle • Amazon Business $13.62 1 $13.62
Hippos Are Huge! • Amazon Business $13.52 1 $13.52
Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist • Amazon Business $13.45 1 $13.45
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt • Amazon Business $12.83 1 $12.83
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
I (Don't) Like Snakes • Amazon Business $12.44 1 $12.44
Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America • Amazon Business $12.20 1 $12.20
We Dig Worms!: TOON Level 1 (Toon Books) • Amazon Business $11.46 1 $11.46
Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh • Amazon Business $10.38 1 $10.38

Materials cost

$397.41

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$433.37

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.48

Total project goal

$509.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $509.85

7 Donors

-$405.85

Donations toward project cost

-$344.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.88

match offer

-$104.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$88.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.60

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