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Ms. Plemons from Monticello, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Wanted: Books We Love to Read!

Help me give my students the books they love and can't wait to read!

  • $999 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

As the librarian at our rural school, I get the privilege of daily teaching and interacting with our energetic and joyful students. Our students are always looking for an engaging book to spend their time reading. They are eager to read all genres; fantasy, mystery, realistic fiction, most anything that will pique a young mind's interest.

Our students have a voracious appetite for books and look forward to using the library to satisfy their love of reading.

Many students use the library to pick out reading group books. This is their opportunity to choose inspiring and influential books to read. Because of isolation and economics, the school library is many students' only exposure and opportunity to use a library. The students would be overjoyed to have an expanded and updated collection of books to choose from.

My Project

Reading a good book is an enjoyable experience and does much to boost our well-being. Providing our students with engaging, high-interest and relevant reading material will greatly improve our students' love of reading and learning. It will also benefit them academically, as they get practice reading their favorite books.

With these new books, the students at our school will have access to the books they want and dearly love.

When things are uncertain and learning looks different every day, the presence of good books in our lives is not just a tool for learning but a constant in a world that never stops changing. Our students will thrive with these books. As Charles W. Eliot said, "Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."

Ms. Plemons
Grades 3-5
    Nearly all 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

    This project will reach 270 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers • Amazon Business $8.89 8 $71.12
Fortunately, the Milk • Amazon Business $7.61 8 $60.88
Sideways Stories from Wayside School • Amazon Business $6.99 8 $55.92
Home Is Where the Heart Is (1) (Good Dog) • Amazon Business $6.91 8 $55.28
Mercy Watson to the Rescue • Amazon Business $6.00 8 $48.00
The Toad (Disgusting Critters) • Amazon Business $5.99 8 $47.92
Crenshaw • Amazon Business $4.69 8 $37.52
Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #5) (Wings of Fire Graphix) • Amazon Business $22.49 1 $22.49
Tom Brady: Football Superstar (Superstar Athletes) • Amazon Business $20.15 1 $20.15
Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Survivors #3: Darkness Falls • Amazon Business $19.50 1 $19.50
The Terrible Two (The Terrible Two #1) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
The Endless Lake (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Survivors) • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
Into The Shadows (Survivors: The Gathering Darkness) (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
The Broken Path (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Survivors) • Amazon Business $18.80 1 $18.80
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $18.39 1 $18.39
Survivors: The Gathering Darkness #2: Dead of Night • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
A Christmas Carol • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Survivors: The Gathering Darkness #4: Red Moon Rising • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Forgotten Warrior: Warriors- Omen of the Stars, No. 5 • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes (Volume 6) • Amazon Business $16.03 1 $16.03
Survivors: The Gathering Darkness #5: The Exile's Journey • Amazon Business $15.87 1 $15.87
The Shattered Castle (The Ascendance Series, Book 5) (5) (Ascendance Trilogy) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
National Geographic Readers: Red Pandas • Amazon Business $13.90 1 $13.90
The Other Side • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Karen's Witch (Baby-sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #1): A Graphix Book (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) (Baby-sitters Little Sister Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Survivors: The Gathering Darkness #6: The Final Battle • Amazon Business $11.16 1 $11.16
Spy School British Invasion • Amazon Business $11.09 1 $11.09
The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, Book Four) (Trials of Apollo, 4) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Spy School Revolution • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Kristy and the Snobs: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club #10) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Survivors: The Gathering Darkness #1: A Pack Divided • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Story of Neil Armstrong: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Amelia Earhart: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Leonardo da Vinci: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Albert Einstein: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Helen Keller: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$801.44

Vendor shipping charges

$4.92

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.02

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$848.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.71

Total project goal

$998.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$998.09

1 Donor

-$998.09

Donations toward project cost

-$848.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.71

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$0.00

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