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

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Books to Empower and Amplify Black Voices

Help me give my students books that amplify and empower Black voices, books that show Black children being children and books that allow me to teach the history of our country with an anti-racist approach.

  • $691 goal

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My Students

My students are a vivacious and tenacious group of first graders that never want to stop learning. We have formed a class community based on communication, trust, friendship, growth and kindness. We listen to one another, talk through conflicts and set goals as a class. The last 3 months, my students have been thrown into a world of unknowns where the comforts of school can only somewhat be transmitted through a screen but they have not stopped being eager to learn.

My Project

Help me create a library in my classroom that amplifies and empowers Black voices, that allows my students to relate to characters and books that help me take an anti-racist approach to teaching. These books will be used as read alouds for the beginning of our learn at home journey next school year. Books will be categorized and a read aloud will be completed daily. These books will supplement the books that I currently have in our library and will ensure that all of my students are not only represented in our library but represented in different and positive lights. I am aiming to make my library diverse not only with the characters but the types of stories and information being shared.

Books are an extremely important tool in education and I know creating a library that is representative of my students will have an impact on my students both as learners and as citizens of the community at large.

I hope that with these books conversations can happen, questions can be answered and minds can be spared. I can't wait to share these stories with my class.

Ms. Angelique PS 191 Riverside School Makers Grades PreK-2

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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More than three‑quarters of 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Cece Loves Science and Adventure • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Boxitects • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Brick by Brick • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Black Is a Rainbow Color • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Ghanaian Goldilocks • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
You Matter • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Thank You, Omu! • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Bedtime Bonnet • Amazon Business $14.68 1 $14.68
Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Cool Cuts • Amazon Business $14.38 1 $14.38
Hats Of Faith • Amazon Business $14.03 1 $14.03
Old Mikamba Had a Farm • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
Ron's Big Mission • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books) • Amazon Business $13.42 1 $13.42
Cece Loves Science • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Say Something • Amazon Business $13.20 1 $13.20
A Squiggly Story • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Get Up, Stand Up: (Preschool Music Book, Multicultural Books for Kids, Diversity Books for Toddlers, Bob Marley Children's Books) • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Mixed Me! • Amazon Business $11.94 1 $11.94
Real Sisters Pretend • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Let the Children March • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
Skin Again • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World (Easy Reader Books, Children Around the World Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Kindness Makes Us Strong • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $10.74 1 $10.74
Mary Had a Little Glam (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $10.68 1 $10.68
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Pippa's Night Parade • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Snow White (Once Upon a World) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Little Mermaid (Once Upon a World) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Rapunzel (Once Upon a World) • Amazon Business $8.91 1 $8.91
Ramadan (Celebrate the World) • Amazon Business $8.66 1 $8.66
Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Diwali (Celebrate the World) • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Say Hello! • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
One Love (Music Books for Children, African American Baby Books, Bob Marley Book for Kids) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Twelve Dancing Princesses • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Let's Talk About Race • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Princess and the Pea • Amazon Business $7.66 1 $7.66
Love Makes a Family • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Marvelous Me: Inside and Out (All about Me) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa • Amazon Business $6.59 1 $6.59
Whoever You Are (Reading Rainbow Books) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Cece Loves Science: Push and Pull (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.71 1 $4.71

Materials cost

$548.69

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.23

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$586.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.57

Total project goal

$690.49

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $690.49

5 Donors

-$345.23

Donations toward project cost

-$293.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.78

match offer

-$345.26

Match offer toward project cost

-$293.47

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.79

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