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Mrs. Martinez from Pico Rivera, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Take a Book, Share a Book

Help me give my students access to free books every single day through the "Free Little Library," we'll put in front of our school!

  • $450 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 used to greet my students with a high 5 every morning as they entered my classroom. It gave me the opportunity to see their smile the first thing in the morning. It also gave me the opportunity to notice a new haircut, new shoes, and any recently lost teeth! I still greet them first thing in the morning with virtual high fives, virtual hugs, waves, and heart fingers! This is truly the best part of my day!

The second best part of my day is our 1:00 read aloud, we all love to get lost in a good book!

My students love our read-alouds. Sometimes during a math lesson they will raise their hand and ask me what book I plan to read them. I always tell them they have to come back at 1:00, but that it's one of my favorites! They say I say that about EVERY book! It's true! I absolutely have so many favorites!

My Project

As you can see I LOVE books, and I love reading aloud. I share many of my favorite reading books with my students every afternoon. There is nothing better than getting lost in a good book.

The Little Free Library will give all the students in our community the opportunity to free books every single day.

I have selected a few book titles that my students have enjoyed reading to put in the Little Free Library as a start. Then, every student will be able to use the free library to take a free book, and it will also give them the opportunity to recycle their old books by leaving them for others to read. Thank you for helping me make free books available for my entire community!

Mrs. Martinez
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
SIMPLAY3 SHARING LIBRARY BOX • School Specialty $135.71 1 $135.71
Rosie's Glasses • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Magic Tree House Boxed Set, Books 1-4: Dinosaurs Before Dark, The Knight at Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, and Pirates Past Noon • Amazon Business $15.34 1 $15.34
The Incredible Book Eating Boy • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
The Best Part of Me: Children Talk About their Bodies in Pictures and Words • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
Robo-Sauce • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Jelly Donut Difference: Sharing Kindness with the World • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Stephen Curry: The Children's Book: The Boy Who Never Gave Up • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
The Sasquatch Escape (The Imaginary Veterinary, 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Lonely Lake Monster (The Imaginary Veterinary, 2) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Rickshaw Girl • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
A Bike Like Sergio's • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
The Best Part of Me • Amazon Business $5.50 1 $5.50
Mercy Watson: Something Wonky this Way Comes • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig • Amazon Business $5.00 1 $5.00
Katie Woo Loves School • Amazon Business $4.95 1 $4.95
Katie Blows Her Top (Katie Woo) • Amazon Business $3.95 1 $3.95

Materials cost

$305.97

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.57

Sales tax

 $28.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$382.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$67.43

Total project goal

$449.56

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $449.56

31 Donors

-$374.17

Donations toward project cost

-$335.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.79

match offer

-$55.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$46.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$8.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.39

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