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

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Reading Opens Up The World

Help me give my students books they can relate to and are exciting to read.

  • 2 donors
  • $400 still needed

expires Aug 02

  • 2 donors
  • $400 still needed
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My Project

Students should have the opportunity to find books they are excited to read. They should have access to books that they can identify with as well as books that expose them to cultures they might have otherwise not experienced. My students do not have a school library. Their only opportunity to check out books is in my classroom library or with book club. We have been working very hard to build an inclusive classroom library and are always asking students to recommend books to add. All of these books in this project have been recommended by students. These are books they know their peers would love to read!

Mrs. B. Nicholas Senn High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Chicago, IL View local requests

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

20 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
3 Book Set: Graphic Novels - Jerry Craft Author Study: New Kid, Class Act, School Trip (paperback) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $42.00 1 $42.00
Dear Martin (YA paperback, ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 2 $26.00
Punching the Air (hardcover, YA ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
We Are All So Good at Smiling (hardcover, YA ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks - teen mental health, social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Ain't Burned All the Bright - Caldecott Honor Book (hardcover graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Within These Wicked Walls (hardcover) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
They Called Us Enemy (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Homegoing (paperback, YA ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks (award-winning historical fiction) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
The Name Jar (paperback picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 2 $18.00
Mexikid: Newbery Honor Award Winner (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Ghost (Track #1) (paperback) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $8.00 2 $16.00
There There (YA paperback, Native American voices) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Firekeeper's Daughter (hardcover) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
The Cost of Knowing (YA paperback, ages 12+) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
Abuela, Don't Forget Me (YA paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
The Downstairs Girl (YA paperback) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Tokyo Ever After: A Novel (YA paperback) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
The Story of Frida Kahlo (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
A Song Below Water (Volume 1) (YA paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00

Materials cost

$380.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$415.70

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.36

Total project goal

$489.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $489.06

1 Donor

-$45.00

Donations toward project cost

-$38.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.75

match offer

-$45.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$38.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$6.75

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 $399.06

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