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

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We Need New Younger Reader Books!

My students need new younger reader books like The Missing Mouse, Lanas World, and Little Robot!

  • $348 goal

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My Students

Every day new books are published! I learn about new books and want to share them with our students. Please help us keep up with new books in children's literature.

My students come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and the library is the place that equalizes them.

We have students from around the block and around the world. We have students that are learning English and that are learning other languages. Give to a school that has many cultures, diversity, and adversity!

My Project

Our students will be exposed to new books like The Missing Mouse, Lana's World, and Little Robot and be excited for learning in so many ways! New books speak to children in so many ways and give fresh new ideas to our students. Give our students the opportunity to read new books of their own choice to inspire and motivate their reading skills!

This donation of new books will inspire our students to read and learn new things and be open minded risk takers!

Please help the library fulfill its' goal of building readers in our school.

Mrs. Thakkar Ogden Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Chicago, IL 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Missing Mouse (Sofia Martinez) • Amazon Business $20.65 1 $20.65
The Marigold Mess (Sofia Martinez) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Pumpkin Spice (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Friendship Garden) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Green Thumbs-Up! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Friendship Garden) • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
Detective Gordon: The First Case • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree: Too Much Good Luck • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Don't Throw It to Mo! (Mo Jackson) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree • Amazon Business $12.54 1 $12.54
The Pirate Who's Afraid of Everything (Shivers!) • Amazon Business $12.36 1 $12.36
A Pig, a Fox, and a Box (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) • Amazon Business $12.31 1 $12.31
Little Robot • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
My Pet Human • Amazon Business $11.30 1 $11.30
Hilo Book 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth • Amazon Business $10.88 1 $10.88
What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig (A Pig in a Wig Book) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Ballet Cat The Totally Secret Secret • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Best Friend Battle (Sylvie Scruggs, Book 1) • Amazon Business $9.37 1 $9.37
The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party • Amazon Business $8.92 1 $8.92
Bradford Street Buddies: Block Party Surprise (Green Light Readers Level 3) • Amazon Business $8.30 1 $8.30
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
Bradford Street Buddies: Backyard Camp-Out (Green Light Readers Level 3) • Amazon Business $7.78 1 $7.78
Ballet Cat: Dance! Dance! Underpants! • Amazon Business $6.70 1 $6.70
Lana's World: Let's Go Fishing! (Green Light Readers Level 2) • Amazon Business $5.14 1 $5.14

Materials cost

$261.36

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$295.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.11

Total project goal

$347.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $347.39

5 Donors

-$238.70

Donations toward project cost

-$202.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.80

match offer

-$108.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$92.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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