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Mrs. Pierce from Antioch, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading for Adventure!

The cost of these books is $453, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

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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.

I am a sixth grade teacher in Antioch, California. Ours is a Title One school in which approximately 70% of our students receive free or reduced lunches. This year I am fortunate to have a wonderful group of students in a self contained English Language Development class. One of our biggest challenges this year is to improve their reading comprehension abilities. It appears that in their sub group on state tests that is the one area they seem to fall short, so I am trying to create as many engaging reports and activities as I can centered around reading to help them improve their skills. I have started putting together a small classroom library, but I would like to be able to provide my students with a variety of books that will send them on reading adventures to different times and places. I am also hoping to acquire some more books by Latino authors since all but one of my students are of Hispanic background. If you could please consider us for some new books we would be most grateful for them. Thank you for considering our group!

Mrs. Pierce Park Middle School Grades 6-8

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More than three‑quarters 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
Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-6) J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $35.65 1 $35.65
My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King Reymundo Sanchez, Rey Sanchez • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvarez • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
America's Dream Esmeralda Santiago • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
Locas Yxta Maya Murray • Barnes and Noble $11.70 1 $11.70
Almost a Woman Esmeralda Santiago • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Down These Mean Streets Piri Thomas • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Loving Che Ana Menendez • Barnes and Noble $10.80 1 $10.80
Cinderella Lopez Berta Platas • Barnes and Noble $10.75 1 $10.75
House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros • Barnes and Noble $9.85 1 $9.85
The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child Francisco Jimenez, Jimenez • Barnes and Noble $9.85 1 $9.85
Neverending Story Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim, Roswitha Quadflieg (Illustrator), Ralph Manheim (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Charlotte's Web E. B. White, Garth Williams, Edith Goodkind Rosenwald, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Garth Williams (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Cuba 15 Nancy Osa • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin (Illustrator), Foreword by Helena Estes • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio Judith Ortiz Cofer • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Romiette and Julio Sharon Mills Draper, Adam Lowenbein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle, Madeleine L'Engle (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Baseball in April and Other Stories Gary Soto • Barnes and Noble $5.40 1 $5.40
The First Part Last Angela Johnson • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Double Dutch Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Indian in the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks, Brock Cole (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Dancing Shoes Noel Streatfeild, Noel Steatfeild • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha Tudor (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida Victor Martinez, Steve Scott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Borrowers Mary Norton, Beth Krush (Illustrator), Joe Krush (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Petty Crimes Gary Soto • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
The Borrowers Afloat Mary Norton, Beth Krush (Illustrator), Joe Krush (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Playing with Boys Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez • Barnes and Noble $4.98 1 $4.98
Little Men Louisa May Alcott • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Oliver Twist (Classic Starts Series) Charles Dickens, Dan Andreasen (Illustrator), Retold by Kathleen Olmstead • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Little Women (Classic Starts Series) Retold by Deanna McFadden, Deanna McFadden, Lucy Corvino (Illustrator), Abridged by Deanna McFadden, Louisa May Alcott • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Gulliver's Travels (Classic Starts Series) Retold by Martin Woodside, Jonathan Swift, Jamel Akib (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Peter Pan J. M. Barrie, Elisa Trimby (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Pollyanna Eleanor H. Porter • Barnes and Noble $2.70 1 $2.70
Wonderful Wizard of Oz Grace Frank Baum, W. W. Denslow (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $2.25 1 $2.25
Railway Children E. Nesbit • Barnes and Noble $1.00 1 $1.00

Materials cost

$291.05

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$371.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$81.45

Total project goal

$452.50

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $452.50

1 Donor

-$436.50

Donations toward project cost

-$371.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$65.45

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.00

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