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Mr. Cooke from Portland OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Oregon Battle of the Books 2025!

Help me give my students books for a fun reading competition that students love to compete in!

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In Oregon, we have something called Battle of the Books, or OBOB for short. It is a competition made up of teams of up to 5 kids from all over the state. Every team reads the same 16 books from the same list, and there are always great books on it. Starting in February or so, the teams start competing against other teams in their school in a Jeopardy!-style competition about all the books. It is intense and the questions are crazy. It's super fun.

I love watching kids get excited about reading because of this competition every year.

Heck, both of my own children are doing it this coming year, one for the 3rd year in a row! I also help judge these competitions and love the passion for reading that they inspire.

Having 3 copies per book in my classroom will make sure that every student is able to have an OBOB book at once. I also will have some of the book clubs in my class reading them as well, so multiple copies are necessary for that. Thank you so much for considering donating to this project.

Mr. Cooke
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life • Amazon Business $12.54 4 $50.16
Marshmallow & Jordan • Amazon Business $12.23 4 $48.92
Twins: A Graphic Novel (Twins #1) (1) • Amazon Business $8.91 4 $35.64
Circus Mirandus • Amazon Business $8.81 4 $35.24
Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
The Name of this Book Is Secret (The Secret Series, Book 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
Leonard (My Life as a Cat) • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
Frizzy • Amazon Business $7.69 4 $30.76
Thirst • Amazon Business $7.50 4 $30.00
The House on Sunrise Lagoon: Sam Makes a Splash (The House on Sunrise Lagoon, 1) • Amazon Business $7.21 4 $28.84
Before the Ever After • AKJ Education $6.56 4 $26.24
J.D. and the Great Barber Battle • AKJ Education $5.83 4 $23.32

Materials cost

$436.96

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3rd party payment processing fee

$6.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$473.51

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.56

Total project goal

$557.07

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Total project goal

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 $557.07

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