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Ms. Mapes from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books for Critical, Reflective Readers

Help me give my students a quality, diverse library. As Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop has said, readers need books that are both windows and mirrors.

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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

I teach 22 wonderful, brilliant, empathetic second graders at a Title I school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They are energetic, funny, and curious. They want a library that will not only deepen their thinking but also provide insight into others' experiences as well as reflections of their own experiences.

Second graders have a keen sense of justice, and they want to engage with the world around them in real ways.

This project is one of many efforts that our classroom is making to ensure we have quality books that are representative of the diverse world we live in.

My Project

Second graders are astute observers. They notice whose voices are present and whose voices are missing, as well as the power dynamics that accompany that reality. With a rich library, students will have more perspectives and stories to learn from and question.

We are living in a time with incredible literature for children, and my students are eager to read books as both windows and mirrors.

By donating to our project, you will provide books that will bolster our readerly lives and provide more context for the complex world we live in. Our students will bring their criticality, joy, and reflection to these books, and our entire learning community will grow because of it.

Ms. Mapes PS 142 Amalia Castro Grades PreK-2

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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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

21 students impacted 24donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Big Bed for Little Snow • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Saturday • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
When We Were Alone • Amazon Business $18.10 1 $18.10
Leila in Saffron • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Lovely • Amazon Business $17.79 1 $17.79
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré • Amazon Business $17.55 1 $17.55
Bilal Cooks Daal • Amazon Business $17.16 1 $17.16
Ruby Finds a Worry • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
That's Not Fair! / ¡No Es Justo!: Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice/La lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $15.50 1 $15.50
When Aidan Became a Brother • Amazon Business $14.54 1 $14.54
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story About a Simple Act of Kindness • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
The Big Umbrella • Amazon Business $13.73 1 $13.73
How to Read a Book • Amazon Business $13.67 1 $13.67
Bowwow Powwow (ALA Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $13.57 1 $13.57
Red: A Crayon's Story • Amazon Business $13.57 1 $13.57
Let the Children March • Amazon Business $13.45 1 $13.45
I Am Perfectly Designed • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $12.77 1 $12.77
A Day with Yayah • Amazon Business $12.48 1 $12.48
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga • Amazon Business $12.15 1 $12.15
Thank You, Omu! • Amazon Business $11.97 1 $11.97
Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion • Amazon Business $11.66 1 $11.66
What Can a Citizen Do? (Kids Story Books, Cute Children's Books, Kids Picture Books, Citizenship Books for Kids) • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity • Amazon Business $11.25 1 $11.25
The Field • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Say Something • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
Let's Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect: Teach children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
When I Was Eight • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Encounter (Voyager Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
For Every One • Amazon Business $6.21 1 $6.21

Materials cost

$481.19

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$518.41

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$91.48

Total project goal

$609.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $609.89

1 Donor

-$594.01

Donations toward project cost

-$518.41

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$75.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$15.88

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