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Mrs. Beaton from Cedar Springs, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Sometimes They Up And Walk Away

My students need 13 books to replace the favorite titles that either grew legs or simply fell apart from repeated readings.

  • $170 goal

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My Students

As literacy expert Richard Allington says, "If you aren't replacing part of your library collection every year, you are buying the wrong books."

My students are a group of developing readers from a small sub-rural high school in Michigan.

They want to explore the tough issues of life in a truly authentic way, and with their new-found love of reading, they understand that this kind of battle is possible through the imaginary rehearsals found in books!

My Project

Book Whisperer Donalyn Miller and fellow Nerdy Book Club member Katherine Sokolowski recently spoke about "Titles That Have Legs." They write, "Curating classroom libraries demands that we offer students books that stretch their imaginations and thinking, broaden their reading experiences, and engage them with reading. While we continually add new titles to our...classroom libraries, there is a core list of books that we replace every school year because the books become so worn our students can't read them, or they grow legs and wander away. In optimistic moments, we hope these books find new homes on our students' bookshelves. These titles have certainly found homes in their hearts." By supporting this project, the titles that have been so loved by past students can now find a way into the hearts of students to come.

Building a classroom library can feel like an impossible task in a high-poverty school.

Obviously, replacing books costs money, but when I am able to connect my students to those "just right" books it is truly priceless.

Mrs. Beaton Cedar Springs High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

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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Cedar Springs, MI View local requests

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

999 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Moneyball • AKJ Books $15.95 1 $15.95
Ask the Passengers • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
It''s Not Summer Without You Jenny Han • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
The Zombie Survival Guide • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
It''s Kind of a Funny Story Ned Vizzini, Tk • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Truth About Forever • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Before I Die Jenny Downham • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Realm of Possibility David Levithan • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
After Summer • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks Lauren Myracle • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Who Am I Without Him? • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Keeping You A Secret • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Sunrise Over Fallujah • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$112.19

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$143.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.39

Total project goal

$169.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$169.26

4 Donors

-$164.85

Donations toward project cost

-$143.87

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.98

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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$0.00

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