The Elementary School Un-Raiser
A partnership between Active Literature, the Children’s Literacy Innovations nonprofit, and multi-award-winning author Jeff Nathan

Direct Donation Streaming for Elementary Schools

Imagine automatically streaming in funds by improving children’s lives…

with NONE of the traditional fundraising gotchas:

  • No Selling

  • No Pledging
  • No Inventory
  • No Inflated Pricing – In fact, you get a discount!!
  • No Parental Fundraiser Fatigue

  • No Delivering
    It’s DONE-FOR-YOU

  • No Collecting
    It’s DONE-FOR-YOU

  • No check writing

  • No Aggravation

  • DONE-FOR-YOU messaging for parents and students

  • Optional: Fun PTA involvement for classroom/grade competition

Instead of adding hassles, we hook kids on reading via the only multi-award-winning mystery that stars THEM as the main character and hero!

This multi-level fund streaming system was conceived and is supported by Children’s Literacy Innovations, a non-profit, to help achieve their goal of getting elementary-aged children excited about reading.

“Our #1 book choice for grades 3-6 to get students to WANT to read!”

Yagelis Pichardo, Board Chair Children's Literacy Innovations non-profit

“Nothing has gotten my students more excited about reading than the Sherlock and Me personalized mystery. They beg for the chance to read about themselves.”

Kathleen Marchetti, GR5 Teacher, Witchcraft Heights Elementary School, Salem, MA

The world's first interactive, choose-your-path, personalized mystery for kids. Winner of multiple awards including a Ben Franklin award for innovation in children's literature.

The Un-Raiser Funding System

How does it work?

● Every student gets the first chapter of the multi-award-winning book about THEM for free. GR3-6 books are set to the standard edition and K-2 books are pre-set to the junior “read-about-me-to-me” configuration.

● At the end of the first chapter, parents can purchase the balance of the book at a discount

● The child and parents can also share an individualized code with friends (or anyone!) who doesn’t yet have the book to create THEIR own first free chapter, with sales from those credited to the school. You’ll have money streaming in from across the country.

● For each purchase—within the school or shared outside of the school—your school will receive a $2.00 donation (currently upgraded to $4.00 a book if you provide a truthful review about the Un-Raiser system).

● Along the way, the student earns popular rewards and prizes! We also help with classroom competition for the most shared chapters that get activated and any other ideas you think will benefit you.

● It’s a DONE-FOR-YOU system. We handle everything—sales tracking, automatic electronic payments to you, and support—we even provide videos for to inform parents AND students, pre-written communications that you can modify, and if you need ANY form of communication to help your cause, we’ll provide that, too—the easiest, most fun fundraiser you have ever done!

Why is THIS book better for fundraising than anything else?

1. It is the world’s first and only mystery starring the reading child as main character and hero. What child does not want to read about (or be read to about) themselves as hero at their own school?

2. The book won multiple awards and has rave reviews.

3. In addition to the school, we reward each child for their or their parents’ efforts in giving away free chapters. Prizes include juggling lessons, free products, and even a family Zoom call with the book’s author! Classrooms also compete for a Zoom session with the author.

Children, parents, teachers, cafeteria workers, parents—ANYBODY with a code related to your school is allowed to share. Watch as money comes streaming in via books shared all over the country. And don’t be surprised by reading specialists and librarians becoming enamored with this book and sharing free chapters everywhere.

4. Kids LOVE this book: