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Ms. J. from Washington, DC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books With Characters of Color for My 2nd Grade Readers!

My students need to find characters they can connect with and be inspired by in the books they read.

  • $163 goal

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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

My wonderful second graders love reading - especially graphic novels, superhero books and joke books. They are caring, creative and hard-working. They are eager to fluently add and subtract. They're eyes light up when they are engaged in learning experiences. Please, help make our classroom into the organized and supportive learning environment my students so desperately need.

For many of my students, the classroom is a place to escape into a nurturing, supportive environment.

Almost all of them come from low income households. Many of them have experienced trauma in their lives and have difficulty coming to school. Once they are in the classroom we work as hard asa possible to create a nurturing space that will help them live up to their potential and be happy, healthy and successful.

My Project

My second graders need to know that books ARE for them and that they will love reading. -that means they need to be represented in what they are reading.

Almost all of my students are people of color, yet there are hardly any books featuring characters of color in our school library!

Please help change that for my students so that my second graders can see kids like themselves in the books they read.

Please help my students find books that will inspire them and build their confidence, both as readers and as future leaders of a diverse and multicultural society. I know they won't be able to put these books down! Thank you!

Ms. J. Bruce - Monroe Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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Washington, DC View local requests 32 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Please, Puppy, Please • AKJ Education $11.69 1 $11.69
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby • AKJ Education $6.49 1 $6.49
The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers • AKJ Education $6.49 1 $6.49
Please, Baby, Please • AKJ Education $5.19 1 $5.19
Miami Jackson Sees It Through • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
Miami Jackson Gets It Straight • AKJ Education $4.49 1 $4.49
EllRay Jakes the Recess King! • AKJ Education $3.89 1 $3.89
EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken • AKJ Education $3.89 1 $3.89
EllRay Jakes Is a Rock Star • AKJ Education $3.89 1 $3.89
Sincerely, Katie: Writing a Letter With Katie Woo • AKJ Education $3.87 1 $3.87
Stick to the Facts, Katie: Writing a Research Paper With Katie Woo • AKJ Education $3.87 1 $3.87
It Doesn't Need to Rhyme, Katie: Writing a Poem With Katie Woo • AKJ Education $3.87 1 $3.87
Sugar Plum Ballerinas Dancing Diva • AKJ Education $3.24 1 $3.24
Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Sugar Plums to the Rescue! • AKJ Education $3.24 1 $3.24
Sugar Plum Ballerinas #1: Plum Fantastic • AKJ Education $3.24 1 $3.24
Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Terrible Terrel • AKJ Education $3.24 1 $3.24
Sugar Plum Ballerinas #2: Toeshoe Trouble • AKJ Education $3.24 1 $3.24
Sugar Plum Ballerinas #3: Perfectly Prima • AKJ Education $3.24 1 $3.24
Katie Woo and Her Big Ideas • AKJ Education $3.22 1 $3.22
Katie Woo and Friends • AKJ Education $3.22 1 $3.22
Katie Woo Loves School • AKJ Education $3.22 1 $3.22
Katie Woo Rules the School • AKJ Education $3.22 1 $3.22
Katie Woo Celebrates • AKJ Education $3.22 1 $3.22
Katie Woo, Don't Be Blue • AKJ Education $3.22 1 $3.22

Materials cost

$100.88

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $6.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$138.44

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.43

Total project goal

$162.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $162.87

6 Donors

-$158.46

Donations toward project cost

-$138.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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