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Ms. Thom from Hartford, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Our New School Library Needs Books

My students need high quality fiction and non-fiction children's literature to fill the shelves of our beautiful new library space!

  • $2,120 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free," is a quote by Frederick Douglass. Students in our school can attest to this! One attribute that our students share is a love of reading and books; which is why it is so important to get high quality literature and nonfiction into their hands.

Imagine students walking through the hallway with their noses in a book--and the main problem we have is that they run into the person in front of them.

Then, upon arriving back at the classroom--students go crazy because the 3rd book in their favorite series has arrived and is on display! The students in my school are bibliomaniacs! I cannot keep up with their voracious reading. They consume books like other students consume candy. Our school is full of students in grades 4-8 who have a constant dialog about favorite authors, new books coming out, and the latest movies based on their favorite books. We even have a book blog created and maintained by students. Because our school is located in a large city within a high-poverty area and has a limited overall budget, students have not have the benefit of a school library until now. Thanks to the hard work of students, staff, and parents we have a physical space with new furniture! Now we need to to fill the bookshelves.

My Project

The books that will be purchased will be placed in our brand new library book space. Students at our school will do more than just read the titles that are purchased--they will CONSUME and RELISH them! There is a culture of reading at our school. Therefore, the majority of books in our small collection have been read. With these new titles, students will discuss the plots and characters of the fictional stories during breakfast and lunch. They will connect to both the people and places of their historical fiction and high interest non-fiction titles in their Social Studies and Science classes. They will use the engaging writing of their favorite authors to study author craft and use as mentor texts for their own writing. Readers will blog about their favorites on our school Bookitis Blog in an effort to inspire others to read high quality literature. They will create book commercials using our laptops to share with our community. They will continue to grow their reading lives!

This project will enable students to continue growing their reading lives!

It will put up-to-date and relevant fiction and non-fiction into their hands. The titles that will be received include award-winning fiction and high-interest non-fiction that students will be excited to read and share. In addition, there has been an effort to include a wide range of diverse characters, topics, and settings so that all students can ‘see’ themselves in the books they are reading.

Ms. Thom Dr Joseph S Renzulli G&T Academy Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Hartford, CT View local requests

Nearly all 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

120 students impacted 20donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
El Deafo • AKJ Books $16.02 2 $32.04
The Great Trouble • AKJ Books $14.59 2 $29.18
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond • Amazon $13.41 2 $26.82
Flora and Ulysses • AKJ Books $13.13 2 $26.26
Plessy V. Ferguson • AKJ Books $26.02 1 $26.02
One Dog and His Boy • AKJ Books $12.40 2 $24.80
Liesl & Po • AKJ Books $12.40 2 $24.80
The Crossover • AKJ Books $12.40 2 $24.80
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Books $12.40 2 $24.80
The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing • AKJ Books $12.40 2 $24.80
Winterling • AKJ Books $12.40 2 $24.80
Pie • AKJ Books $12.40 2 $24.80
Elvis and the Underdogs • AKJ Books $12.40 2 $24.80
The One and Only Ivan • AKJ Books $11.75 2 $23.50
5,000 Miles to Freedom • AKJ Books $21.83 1 $21.83
Help for the Haunted • AKJ Books $19.70 1 $19.70
Lexicon • AKJ Books $19.67 1 $19.67
Golden Boy • AKJ Books $18.24 1 $18.24
December 1941 • AKJ Books $18.24 1 $18.24
Fablehaven • AKJ Books $18.21 1 $18.21
The Things They Carried • AKJ Books $17.52 1 $17.52
This One Summer • AKJ Books $16.05 1 $16.05
Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence • Amazon $15.80 1 $15.80
The Candy Shop War, Book 2: Arcade Catastrophe • Amazon $15.44 1 $15.44
Candy Shop War • Amazon $15.29 1 $15.29
A Volcano Beneath the Snow • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
The Notorious Benedict Arnold • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
Charles Darwin''s On the Origin of Species • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rig • AKJ Books $14.56 1 $14.56
Parrots Over Puerto Rico • AKJ Books $14.56 1 $14.56
Maritcha • AKJ Books $14.56 1 $14.56
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation • Amazon $14.47 1 $14.47
Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues • Amazon $14.46 1 $14.46
Island of Silence (The Unwanteds) • Amazon $14.45 1 $14.45
Jinx's Magic • Amazon $14.38 1 $14.38
Words With Wings • AKJ Books $14.36 1 $14.36
The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes • Amazon $14.29 1 $14.29
Viva Frida • Amazon $14.21 1 $14.21
Wings of Fire Book Six: Moon Rising • Amazon $14.16 1 $14.16
Wings of Fire Book Four: The Dark Secret • Amazon $14.04 1 $14.04
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Mysterious Benedict Society • AKJ Books $13.87 1 $13.87
Looking for Alaska John Green • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
The Elephant Scientist • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
An Abundance of Katherines • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imper • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
The Cracks in the Kingdom • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
90 Miles to Havana • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
Amy & Roger''s Epic Detour • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus • Amazon $13.70 1 $13.70
Island of Fire (The Unwanteds) • Amazon $13.63 1 $13.63
Wings of Fire Book One: The Dragonet Prophecy • Amazon $13.54 1 $13.54
Force Out • Amazon $13.39 1 $13.39
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker • Amazon $13.35 1 $13.35
Wings of Fire Book Three: The Hidden Kingdom • Amazon $13.34 1 $13.34
Wings of Fire Book Five: The Brightest Night • Amazon $13.30 1 $13.30
The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire) • Amazon $13.25 1 $13.25
Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey • AKJ Books $13.14 1 $13.14
The Selection • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) Barbara Ker • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Before I Fall • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Elite • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Legacy • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Mysterious Benedict Society and The Prisoner''s Dilemma ( • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
I Lived on Butterfly Hill • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
How I Discovered Poetry • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Abandon • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The One • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Living • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Darius & Twig • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Story of Owen • AKJ Books $13.10 1 $13.10
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Mordicai Gerstein, Mor • AKJ Books $13.10 1 $13.10
Bad news for outlaws.. Bass Reeves • AKJ Books $13.10 1 $13.10
Are You Afraid Yet?: The Science Behind Scary Stuff Stephen • AKJ Books $13.10 1 $13.10
Bamboo People Mitali Perkins • AKJ Books $13.10 1 $13.10
Sky Raiders (Five Kingdoms) • Amazon $12.97 1 $12.97
Jinx • Amazon $12.90 1 $12.90
Jinx's Fire • Amazon $12.76 1 $12.76
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend • AKJ Books $12.41 1 $12.41
Agent Q, or The Smell of Danger! • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Elvis and the Underdogs: Secrets, Secret Service, and Room S • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Great Greene Heist • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
8th Grade Super Zero • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
One Came Home • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
8th Grade Super Zero • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Children of the King • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Lightning Dreamer • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
How to Catch a Bogle • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Loot • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
P.S. Be Eleven • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Kate Walden Directs • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Rooftoppers • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Declaration • AKJ Books $12.37 1 $12.37
Dorko the Magnificent • AKJ Books $12.37 1 $12.37
This Day in June • Amazon $12.30 1 $12.30
Island of Shipwrecks (The Unwanteds) • Amazon $12.11 1 $12.11
Island of Legends (The Unwanteds) • Amazon $11.69 1 $11.69
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
Lantern Sam and the Blue Streak Bandits • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
The 10 p.m. Question • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
Mockingbird • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
Ninth Ward Jewell Parker Rhodes • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
The Pity Party • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
Spirit Animals Book 6: Rise and Fall • Amazon $11.04 1 $11.04
Langston Hughes • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
Spirit Animals: Book 2: Hunted • Amazon $10.89 1 $10.89
Spirit Animals: Book 3: Blood Ties • Amazon $10.70 1 $10.70
Spirit Animals: Book 4: Fire and Ice • Amazon $10.65 1 $10.65
Spirit Animals: Book 5: Against the Tide • Amazon $10.62 1 $10.62
The Rogue Knight (Five Kingdoms) • Amazon $10.22 1 $10.22
Crystal Keepers (Five Kingdoms) • Amazon $10.22 1 $10.22
The 39 Clues: Doublecross Book 1: Mission Titanic • Amazon $9.03 1 $9.03
Spirit Animals: Book 1: Wild Born • Amazon $7.73 1 $7.73
Spirit Animals Book 7: The Evertree • Amazon $7.38 1 $7.38
Broken Memory • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
31 Ways to Change the World We Are What We Do • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
The Name Jar Yangsook Choi, Yangsook Choi (Illustrator) • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
D-Day • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$1,745.67

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$26.19

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,801.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$317.98

Total project goal

$2,119.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,119.84

18 Donors

-$1,261.32

Donations toward project cost

-$1,166.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.95

match offer

-$747.64

Match offer toward project cost

-$635.49

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$112.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$110.88

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