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Ms. Minnie from Youngstown, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Books

Help me give my students a classroom library rich with culturally responsive, diverse, and inclusive stories.

  • 3 donors
  • $158 goal

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Ms. Minnie has another project! Donate to Student Essentials to help her classroom.

All donations currently doubled!
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My Project

My students are curious, thoughtful, and growing into their voices. They come from many different cultural backgrounds, speak multiple languages, and bring unique perspectives into our classroom every day. What they often don't see? Themselves in the books they read.

Too many classroom libraries rely on the same few titles—books that often center only one kind of experience.

But my students deserve stories that reflect their identities, traditions, struggles, and triumphs. They deserve books that act as mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors: mirrors to see themselves, windows to see others, and doors to step into new worlds with empathy and understanding.

I’m requesting a diverse collection of culturally responsive books written by authors from various backgrounds—Black, Latinx, Asian American, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, immigrant, and more. These books will include both contemporary stories and historical fiction, across genres students love: realistic fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, and memoirs.

Ms. Minnie Horizon Science Academy - Youngstwn Grades 6-8

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

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

50 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bright Starts Disney Princess Ariel Pop 'N Sit Portable Booster, Indoor/Outdoor Use, Floor Seat with Feeding Tray, 6 Mos - 3 Yrs • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Motherhood • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Case of the Fire Alarm • Thrift Books $10.79 1 $10.79
The Case of the Missing Family • Thrift Books $8.09 1 $8.09
The Case of the Pound Pet (Buddy Files) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Nancy Clancy - Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy Seeks a Fortune - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Jigsaw Jones: The Case of the Vanishing Painting (Jigsaw Jones Mysteries) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Case of the Lost Boy (The Buddy Files, #1) • Thrift Books $5.79 1 $5.79
Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth (Nancy Clancy, 1) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Nancy Clancy Chapter Books - Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret of the Silver Key - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Nancy Clancy - Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$102.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$134.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.69

Total project goal

$157.94

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $157.94

2 Donors

-$78.96

Donations toward project cost

-$67.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.84

match offer

-$78.98

Match offer toward project cost

-$67.13

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.85

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 $0.00

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