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Mrs. Wester from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Phantom Tollbooth Class Set

My students need a class set of "The Phantom Tollbooth" to read for our next Literature Circle project.

  • $294 goal

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Mrs. Wester has another project! Donate to Teaching Government and Politics With George Orwell to help her classroom.

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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

I teach gifted students who love to read. However, many of the books they love to read don't always challenge their intellect. Our classroom needs more class sets of books that ignite the imagination and introduce new ideas and new worlds.

My students are enrolled in the highly gifted international humanities magnet at our school.

They are bright and motivated students who deserve the best. In the five years I've been teaching I have never had the privilege to teach such diligent and admirable students. These children and their families care deeply about education and work hard to show it. My students truly value and utilize any and all resources given to them to enhance their education. They would benefit greatly from the gift of fine literature.

My Project

I am requesting 36 copies of The Phantom Tollbooth. This novel is not only one of the best, in my opinion, teaching tool for English Language and Literature, it is also my personal childhood favorite. The Phantom Tollbooth is a book that takes readers on a journey through magical lands of literary devices (devices that happen to be part of the California content standards for 5th grade English) and fanciful wonder. This is a wonderful novel that I very much want my students to experience, especially at this age.

The gift of reading is one of the greatest gifts you can give a child.

These books will awaken my students' imagination in a way that some of the more popular but less challenging books they currently read do not. I'd like to teach my students what quality literature is. Please help me to guide their reading and open their minds. Please donate to this project if you support reading novels as part of the classroom curriculum, want to help foster children's imaginations, or love this book!

Mrs. Wester Cowan Avenue Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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

35 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Phantom Tollbooth • AKJ Books $5.17 36 $186.12
A Guide for Using the Phantom Tollbooth in the Classroom • AKJ Books $8.09 1 $8.09

Materials cost

$194.21

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.77

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$249.89

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$44.10

Total project goal

$293.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $293.99

10 Donors

-$145.19

Donations toward project cost

-$124.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.25

match offer

-$147.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$124.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.05

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.80

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 $0.00

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