Help me give my students an inclusive art library with books that focus on social emotional learning, and topics such as family, home, identity and celebrating what makes us unique!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Mandell's classroom raised $785
This project is fully funded
My Students
My students are learning to trust their creative instincts and develop critical thinking skills. Every day, we build more and more successes in art! I teach art to K-8 students in a wonderful, large urban school with limited resources.
As I have been teaching the same students for several years, it has been very exciting to see their growth over time.
I love working with such amazing problem solvers and creative thinkers! My student population is around 715 students who come from a wide variety of backgrounds, culturally and geographically. My students speak 19 different languages!
My Project
As we transition into hybrid learning after a year of virtual learning, I will be focusing upcoming units on social emotional learning and celebrating identity. I want my students to see themselves in our projects and an excellent way to reach my students further and build a deeper understanding of content is through literacy and stories.
This collection of books about home, identity, family, diverse artists and thinkers and the environment will help my students feel more connected to art content and to each other.
At first, these books will be used for read alouds and, over time, they will be added to the collection of books that students will be able to look at on their own after they finish art projects.
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
Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs
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$18.99
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Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
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$17.99
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Nancy Knows
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$17.99
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$17.99
Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry.
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$16.69
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Big Red Lollipop
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$16.49
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A Girl Like Me
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$16.26
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In a Jar
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$15.99
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$15.99
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity
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$15.98
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$15.98
The Book of Mistakes
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$14.99
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The Day You Begin
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$14.89
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The Journey
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$14.69
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Me . . . Jane
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$14.69
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Red: A Crayon's Story
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$14.62
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A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa (ages 5-8, introduction to Japanese-American artist and sculptor, includes activity for making a paper ... and teaching tools for parents and educators)
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$14.59
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I Am Jazz
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$14.59
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How to Build a Hug: Temple Grandin and Her Amazing Squeeze Machine
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$14.54
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Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
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$14.39
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Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois
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$14.39
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A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books)
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$14.36
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Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
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$14.29
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$14.29
My Shoes and I: Crossing Three Borders / Mis zapatos y yo: Cruzando tres fronteras (English and Spanish Edition)
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$14.06
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$14.06
Round
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$13.99
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Four Feet, Two Sandals
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$13.92
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Black Is a Rainbow Color
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$13.89
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Art From Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter
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$13.75
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$13.75
Home
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$13.50
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$13.50
The Game of Shapes
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$12.95
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$12.95
Wild
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$12.79
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$12.79
Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem
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$12.69
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$12.69
Flotsam
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$11.99
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$11.99
The World Is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid
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$11.59
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Prince & Knight
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$11.29
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$11.29
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
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$10.99
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$10.99
A Boy and a Jaguar
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$10.99
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$10.99
Maiden & Princess
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$10.89
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Tangled: A Story About Shapes
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$10.79
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Not a Box
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$10.77
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The Old Truck
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$10.59
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Julián Is a Mermaid
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$9.99
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Flowers From Mariko
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$9.95
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The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists)
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$9.95
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Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines
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$9.88
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Pink Is for Boys
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$8.99
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Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine)
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$8.95
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Ruby's Wish
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$7.99
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$7.99
Dreamers
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$7.67
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$7.67
The Family Book
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$7.49
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$7.49
Empathy Is Your Superpower: A Book About Understanding the Feelings of Others
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$6.99
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$6.99
What Do You Do With an Idea? — New York Times best seller
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$6.94
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$6.94
Materials cost
$627.63
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.41
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$667.04
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$117.71
Total project goal
$784.75
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$784.75
1 Donor
-$392.37
Donations toward project cost
-$333.52
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$58.85
match offer
-$392.38
Match offer toward project cost
-$333.52
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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