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

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And the Award Goes to... Award-Winning Books for Our Library

Help me give my students award-winning books that reflect the diversity of the human experience.

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The American Library Association recently announced the winners of major awards for literature for young people, and these books, in addition to other highly-reviewed books, must be on the shelves of the Westover Hills Elementary School library! The collection of books in this Donors Choose project reflect the diversity and complexity of the human experience as well as the beauty of the world in which our students reside.

Books empower students to see themselves in the stories they read while broadening worldviews through exposure to experiences beyond their own.

Books, like mirrors, can reflect our own experiences and perspectives. Books, like windows, can let us look in on the lives and experiences of others. Books, like sliding glass doors, let us step into and be a part of other worlds. The books in this project represent various cultures, identities, abilities, and backgrounds, helping students see themselves and others in the stories they read. These books not only promote a deeper understanding of different communities, but the books also encourage students to celebrate both their similarities and differences.

Ms. Barker Westover Hills Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

390 students impacted 16donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Aloha Everything • Amazon Business $19.24 1 $19.24
A Little Like Magic • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
What I Must Tell the World: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice • Amazon Business $18.59 1 $18.59
John the Skeleton • Amazon Business $18.54 1 $18.54
The Flicker • Amazon Business $18.41 1 $18.41
A Song for Nolan • Amazon Business $17.66 1 $17.66
Home in a Lunchbox: (A Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $17.66 1 $17.66
One Big Open Sky • Amazon Business $17.66 1 $17.66
Noodles on a Bicycle: (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $16.91 1 $16.91
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava • Amazon Business $16.91 1 $16.91
Across So Many Seas • Amazon Business $16.73 1 $16.73
Continental Drifter • Amazon Business $16.28 1 $16.28
THAO: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Wrong Way Home: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) • Amazon Business $15.93 1 $15.93
Popcorn • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Nen and the Lonely Fisherman • Amazon Business $14.72 1 $14.72
Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five • Amazon Business $14.68 1 $14.68
Cruzita and the Mariacheros • Amazon Business $14.52 1 $14.52
Anita and the Dragons (Lantana Global Picture Books) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Lola • Amazon Business $14.20 1 $14.20
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller • Amazon Business $14.17 1 $14.17
Abuelo, the Sea, and Me • Amazon Business $14.01 1 $14.01
Circle of Love • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Marley's Pride • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables • Amazon Business $13.53 1 $13.53
Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin • Amazon Business $13.13 1 $13.13
The Rock in My Throat • Amazon Business $13.12 1 $13.12
My Daddy Is a Cowboy: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $12.93 1 $12.93
Lunar Boy • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
We Move Together • Amazon Business $11.90 1 $11.90
You're SO Amazing! (What Happened to You?, 2) • Amazon Business $11.80 1 $11.80
Shark Teeth (Bloomsbury) • Amazon Business $11.53 1 $11.53
Ultraviolet • Amazon Business $10.94 1 $10.94
Rainbow Allies: The True Story of Kids Who Stood against Hate • Amazon Business $10.25 1 $10.25
The First State of Being • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Murray Out of Water • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Monster Hands • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Kareem Between • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All: (A Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Black Star (The Door of No Return series, 2) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Kwame Crashes the Underworld • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$605.91

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$645.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$113.82

Total project goal

$758.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $758.82

14 Donors

-$623.52

Donations toward project cost

-$537.79

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$85.73

Matching donations from our partners

-$126.13

Match offers toward project cost

-$107.21

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.17

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