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Mrs. Baldridge from Beaverton, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books That Look Like Us!

Help me give my students books with characters that look like them! My students need more books that depict all types of people.

  • $407 goal

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My Students

I teach at a Title I elementary school. My students are diverse, enthusiastic, and brilliant! Each year I get to work with 28 kindergarten students who all come from very different places in the world.

My students come from a wide variety of cultures and languages.

We have over 41 languages spoken in my school! I teach many English as a second language. My goal is to make reading a pleasurable experience. I want my students to look at books and see a window into another world. I also want them to see books as a mirror, a picture of what it is like in the world they come from and live in.

My Project

My class needs books that show all types of cultures, skin tones, and lifestyles. They need to see books with children that look like them! I am looking for a solid start to a multicultural library, which will act as a window and mirror into the lives of people of color!

We have an obligation to show students how amazing they are and how amazing their families are!

These books will give my students confidence to tell their story. These books will let them know that they BELONG at school. These books will broaden the understanding that we need to change how we think about race and power. Please help us get books that can educate the kids who are learning during this historical time.

Mrs. Baldridge
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Girl Like Me • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
When Aidan Became a Brother • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Sometimes People March • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
A Big Bed for Little Snow • Amazon Business $16.83 1 $16.83
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
You Hold Me Up • Amazon Business $15.48 1 $15.48
Your Name Is a Song • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
A Map into the World • Amazon Business $14.34 1 $14.34
Gracias / Thanks (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
Black Is a Rainbow Color • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Saturday • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Going Down Home with Daddy • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Hands Up! • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Bird • Amazon Business $12.25 1 $12.25
Coming on Home Soon (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
The Rabbit Listened • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
Sam and the Lucky Money • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Grandma's Gift • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79

Materials cost

$311.24

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$345.91

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$61.04

Total project goal

$406.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $406.95

3 Donors

-$386.95

Donations toward project cost

-$328.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.04

match offer

-$20.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$17.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.00

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