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Ms. Dieckmann from Harrisburg, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Powerful Picture Books for (Nearly Grown) Kids

Help me give my students beautifully illustrated read aloud books about issues with which all of us--no matter what our age--can relate.

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My Students

My students in our low-income, rural community, are fun-loving, sweet, yet some of them struggle with engagement, especially when it involves traditional subjects or conventional approaches to education.

My students of wildly differing abilities thrive when they can collaborate on engaging activities, especially when I provide a teen-friendly environment for them to explore!

They love to laugh and move and think together, especially when I can show them the joy in learning academic subjects! School may not always be their natural, primary focus, but they are bright, confident, caring and excited to try new endeavors, especially when I can connect literacy to their lives in the real world. What can I say? I love them!

My Project

My teenage students say they miss more than anything the joy of listening to their favorite elementary teachers and librarians read aloud a great book. Many of those classic children's books from earlier in their school lives deal with themes that all of us contend with, no matter what our age: how to express ourselves effectively so we get what we need, how our perspective shapes our perception of the world, conflicts with our friends, and fears of the future.

These fabulously illustrated children's books will give my students the chance to revisit their favorite childhood experience--the classroom read aloud-- while thinking about important issues they face today, in and out of school.

The books I've selected here will help support my curriculum while providing much needed joy and relief to teens who still need and value the comforts of childhood. These books will allow us to explore relevant concepts in a more relaxed, enjoyable, engaging way. I believe listening to these books aloud will open up my students' minds and hearts by giving them what we all long for: someone to tell us a good story.

Ms. Dieckmann Harrisburg High School Grades 9-12

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More than a third 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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Another Day (Every Day) • Amazon Business $7.03 3 $21.09
Every Day • Amazon Business $6.39 3 $19.17
Stella Writes Set • Amazon Business $16.23 1 $16.23
What Do You Do With a Problem? — New York Times best seller • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
What Do You Do With an Idea? — New York Times best seller • Amazon Business $10.68 1 $10.68
They All Saw A Cat (Cat Books for Kids, Beginning Reading Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $9.34 1 $9.34
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon Business $9.16 1 $9.16
What Do You Do With a Chance? — New York Times best seller • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80

Materials cost

$107.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$138.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.51

Total project goal

$163.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $163.38

3 Donors

-$116.00

Donations toward project cost

-$98.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.40

match offer

-$47.38

Match offer toward project cost

-$40.27

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.11

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 $0.00

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