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

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A Room Without Books is Like a Body Without a Soul

My students need a classroom library of 50 Spanish books, including "de Colores and Other Latin American Folksongs for Children", "La ciudad de las bestias (City of the Beasts)" and "Bolivar: Una Historia Que Parece UN Cuento".

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. R.'s classroom raised $549

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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.

I teach Spanish for Heritage learners, in an underfunded public High School in a large city of Illinois where 82.9% of our students receive free or reduced lunches.

Our library has a very limited number of books in Spanish and the local public libraries don't have enough books at the appropriate level.

A classroom library of books in Spanish will allow my students to practice their reading and improve their fluency with books at their level and interests. My students do not regularly read on their own, this classroom library will give them the 'hook' to start doing so and will inspire them to become lifelong readers.

With your donation you will provide a a pleasurable reading experience for 167 teens searching for a good book!

Mrs. R. Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
El Regalo de los Mayas Silvia Dubuvoy, Marta Rivera (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.65 1 $7.65
Brasil / Brazil Jose Maria Obregon • Barnes and Noble $7.42 1 $7.42
El bosque de los pigmeos Isabel Allende • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
La suma de los d as Isabel Allende • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
La ciudad de las bestias (City of the Beasts) Isabel Allende • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
El Reino del Drag n de Oro (The Kingdom of The Golden Dragon) Isabel Allende • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Gol : Viviendo el sueno. Nivel 1/ Living the Dream. Level 1 Robert Rigby, Noemi Camara • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
GOOOL!: El sue o se inicia... Robert Rigby, Alberto Magnet (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Amanecer (Breaking Dawn) Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $15.99 1 $15.99
Eclipse (en espa ol) Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Crep sculo (Twilight) Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Luna nueva (New Moon) Stephenie Meyer, Jose Miguel Pallares (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Zorro Margaret Wild, Ron Brooks (Illustrator), Carmen Diana Dearden (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79
El Momento de Trino Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Rosario Sanmiguel (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Yo Soy la Hija de Mi Padre: Una Vida Sin Secretos Maria Elena Salinas, Liz Balmaseda, Rosario Camacho-Koppel (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $4.98 1 $4.98
El Principito (The Little Prince) Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Bonifacio del Carril (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $8.80 1 $8.80
La telarana de Carlota E. B. White, Guillermo Solana, Garth Williams (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
El Dilema de Trino Diane Gonzales Bertrand, Julia Mercedes Castilla (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Esperanza renace (Esperanza Rising) Pam Munoz Ryan, Nuria Molinero, Bryan Selznick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Cuando tia Lola vino (de visita) a quedarse (How Aunt Lola Came to (Visit) Stay) Julia Alvarez, Liliana Valenzuela (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $4.95 1 $4.95
Me llamo Mar a Isabel (My Name Is Mar a Isabel) Alma Flor Ada, K. Dyble Thompson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Amigos del otro lado/Friends from the Other Side Gloria E. Anzaldua, Harriet Rohmer (Editor), David Schecter (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Y no se lo trag la Tierra / and the Earth Did Not Devour Him Tomas Rivera, Evangelina Vigil-Pinon (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $6.76 1 $6.76
In My Family (En Mi Familia) Carmen Lomas Garza, David Schecter (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
Una tarde en el Amazonas (Afternoon on the Amazon) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illustrator), Marcela Brovelli (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Charlie y la f brica de chocolate Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
El Tapiz de Abuela Omar S. Castaneda, Enrique O. Sanchez (Illustrator), Aida E. Marcuse (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Cosechando esperanza: La historia de Cesar Chavez Kathleen Krull, Yuyi Morales (Illustrator), Alma Flor Ada (Translator), F. Isabel Campoy (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $6.30 1 $6.30
My Name Is Gabriela: The Life of Gabriela Mistral: Me Llamo Gabriela: La Vida de Gabriela Mistral Monica Brown, John Parra (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Beisbol en abril y otras historias (Baseball in April and Other Stories) Gary Soto, Soto • Barnes and Noble $6.75 1 $6.75
Bolivar: Una Historia Que Parece UN Cuento Eduardo Caballero Calderon • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Inglaterra /England Jose Maria Obregon • Barnes and Noble $7.24 1 $7.24
Alemania / Germany Jose Maria Obregon • Barnes and Noble $7.42 1 $7.42
Italia / Italy Jose Maria Obregon • Barnes and Noble $7.24 1 $7.24
Mexico / Mexico Jose Maria Obregon • Barnes and Noble $7.24 1 $7.24
Colibri Ann Cameron • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Un regalo de gracias Julia Alvarez, Beatriz Vidal (Illustrator), Liliana Valenzuela (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Las huellas secretas Julia Alvarez, Fabin Negrin (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Cuentos Para Chicos y Grandes Hilda Perera, Rapi Diego (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Danza Traigo Lourdes Fernandez, Ricardo Ramirez Arriola (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.97 1 $4.97
El ano de nuestra revolucion Judith Ortiz Cofer, Elena Olazagasti-Segovia (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $4.97 1 $4.97
El color de mis palabras Lynn Joseph, Alberto Jimenez Rioja (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
El Futbol: Aprende a Ser Un Jugador Estrella Jason Page • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
El Juego de Pelota Mixteca Varinia Del Angel, Gabriela Leon (Illustrator), With Oscar Necoechea • Barnes and Noble $4.97 1 $4.97
El Patito Feo Hans Christian Andersen, Isabel Diaz, Margarita Ruiz (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $3.55 1 $3.55
Enamorados Gisella Cristancho (Illustrator), Selected by Miguel Fernando Mendoza Luna • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Cuentos que contaban nuestras abuelas (Tales Our Abuelitas Told): Cuentos populares hisp nicos F. Isabel Campoy, Alma Flor Ada, Leyla Torres (Illustrator), Susan Guevara (Illustrator), Felipe Davalos (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
El Gusto Del Mercado Mexicano (Taste of the Mexican Market) Nancy Maria Grande Tabor • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
Ellen Ochoa Teresa Iverson • Barnes and Noble $8.91 1 $8.91
de Colores and Other Latin American Folksongs for Children Jose-Luis Orozco, Elisa Kleven (Illustrator), Jose-Luis Orozco (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$395.32

Vendor shipping charges

$39.53

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$449.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.75

Total project goal

$548.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$548.61

13 Donors

-$503.39

Donations toward project cost

-$449.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.53

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$45.22

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$0.00

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