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Ms. Liza from Richmond, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Library That Looks Like Us

Help me give my students a library of diverse books written by authors of color.

  • $596 goal

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Ms. Liza has another project! Donate to Identity Silhouettes: How We See Ourselves to help her classroom.

$233 - complete this project and be a hero

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

My students are smart, creative, and community-minded. They are interested and curious about the world around them. They want to understand why the inequities exist in our society, so that they can figure out how to challenge and transform our society. Many of my students are multilingual learners who want to develop their reading, writing, and speaking skills in English.

While my students face many challenges, they have high hopes for their futures and many of them will be the first in their families to attend college.

They amaze me with the many ways they are able to do so much with few resources.

We are a Title I school, so we need a lot of extra resources, especially if we want to order supplies or class sets of books. A high percentage of students receive free and reduced-price lunch, so it is also another financial burden for families to purchase extra books and supplies.

My Project

I want to build a more robust classroom library for my students. My students will grow as readers, if they read everyday. Pairing students with a book that is both engaging and at their reading level can be a challenge, so I have chosen books that are high interest, culturally relevant, and accessible to them.

My students need books that reflect their diverse backgrounds and experiences.

I want them to be able to see themselves in the books they read. My hope is that they will fall in love with reading because they were able to find the "just right book".

Ms. Liza Aspire Richmond California College Preparatory Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Richmond, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

90 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Legend Series 3 Books Collection Set By Marie Lu (Legend, Prodigy, Champion) • Amazon Business $29.97 1 $29.97
Divergent Series Four-Book Paperback Box Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four • Amazon Business $26.10 1 $26.10
Juliet Takes a Breath • Amazon Business $12.79 2 $25.58
Everything Inside: Stories • Amazon Business $23.49 1 $23.49
The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky • Amazon Business $22.95 1 $22.95
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha) • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
The Poet X • Amazon Business $10.96 2 $21.92
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • Amazon Business $9.55 2 $19.10
Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls • Amazon Business $16.71 1 $16.71
SLAY • Amazon Business $16.24 1 $16.24
Red at the Bone: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.60 1 $15.60
Wild Seed • Amazon Business $15.23 1 $15.23
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $7.39 2 $14.78
Internment • Amazon Business $13.75 1 $13.75
Hermosa • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50
Parable of the Talents: A Nebula Award-winning novel of a terrifying dystopian future • Amazon Business $13.34 1 $13.34
American Street • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
The Hate U Give Collector's Edition • Amazon Business $11.76 1 $11.76
Harbor Me • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Parable of the Sower • Amazon Business $10.52 1 $10.52
On The Come Up • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life • Amazon Business $9.19 1 $9.19
Untwine • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
SHOUT • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Darius the Great Is Not Okay • Amazon Business $8.85 1 $8.85
Picture Us In the Light • Amazon Business $8.75 1 $8.75
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $5.48 1 $5.48

Materials cost

$423.13

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.98

Sales tax

 $38.72

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$506.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.33

Total project goal

$595.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $595.51

1 Donor

-$595.51

Donations toward project cost

-$506.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$89.33

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