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Ms. Simmons from Columbia, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Shelf for Everyone: Donate Books that Reflect Us All

Help me give my students culturally relevant books that emphasize their cultural backgrounds, for windows, mirrors, and doors to various perspectives.

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My Project

These specific books create reflections of the students inside of my classroom. Students come from diverse backgrounds, and inclusive books help reflect the range of identities present in the classroom, including race, gender, culture, ability, family structure, and more. When students see themselves represented in literature, it affirms their own sense of worth and belonging.

I anticipate these books will help students build confidence and a positive self-image.

These books highlight diverse cultural traditions, languages, and practices, allowing students to learn about and appreciate cultures other than their own. This creates a more globally-minded classroom environment.

In today’s interconnected world, learning about different cultures helps students become more responsible, thoughtful, and aware global citizens.

Ms. Simmons Jackson Creek Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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Columbia, SC View local requests

Nearly all 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

18 students impacted 7donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Grades 2-3 Graphic Novels Collection- 7 Book Set • AKJ Education $49.35 1 $49.35
The Year We Learned to Fly (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Ohana Means Family (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Stacey's Extraordinary Words (hardcover picture book from The Stacey Stories) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Amazon Business $16.91 1 $16.91
V Is for Voting • Amazon Business $16.10 1 $16.10
Where Are You From? (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
We Are Water Protectors - Caldecott Medal Winner (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Vote for Our Future! • Amazon Business $14.22 1 $14.22
Whiz Kid #2 (Miles Lewis) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Unstoppable: How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington • Amazon Business $12.22 1 $12.22
My Fade Is Fresh • Amazon Business $12.12 1 $12.12
Change Sings (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
I Am My Ancestors' Wildest Dreams • Amazon Business $11.66 1 $11.66
Who Are Your People? • Amazon Business $10.46 1 $10.46
Life Doesn't Frighten Me: A Poetry Picture Book • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
The Way Champs Play • Amazon Business $8.27 1 $8.27
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I Am Okay to Feel • Amazon Business $7.24 1 $7.24
King of the Ice #1 (Miles Lewis) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Track Star #4 (Miles Lewis) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Matchmaker #3 (Miles Lewis) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The World Belonged to Us • Amazon Business $6.96 1 $6.96
Zombie Invasion (Diary of a Roblox Pro #5: An AFK Book) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Dragon Pet (Diary of a Roblox Pro #2: An AFK Book) • Amazon Business $5.94 1 $5.94

Materials cost

$365.85

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $25.79

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$427.13

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.38

Total project goal

$502.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $502.51

5 Donors

-$276.26

Donations toward project cost

-$234.82

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.44

Matching donations from our partners

-$226.25

Match offers toward project cost

-$192.31

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.94

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