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Ms. Ortega from Fresno, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Colorfully Diverse Library

Help me give my students and their community culturally diverse books to share with their families!

  • $834 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

The students at my elementary school love to do art, music/dance are a necessity for them, and they love to laugh and tell jokes. These kids are all so culturally diverse, yet so friendly with one another. Their eagerness to learn, explore, and inquire about everything helps push lessons forward in all subject matters. Their blunt personalities will definitely flourish with the number of leadership skills these young students are all beginning to display.

My Project

Our school was recently gifted a book bin to act as a "free little library" for our community. With your help, I would like to fill our library with culturally diverse books that reflect our school community.

Books are a reflection of who we can or choose to become.

They mold our minds and expand our imagination. By bringing in books by authors such as Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Maya Christina Gonzalez - the students and families will be given an opportunity to see themselves reflected back to them in both language and illustration.

The curated books have been chosen specifically to reach students within and around our elementary school. Not only will these picture books, chapter books, and series boost our library accessibility during this time, but they will always act as a catalyst to motivate and encourage students to read!

Ms. Ortega Lincoln Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

More about Ms. Ortega

Fresno, CA View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Zoey and Sassafras Books 1-6 Pack • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge's First Day of School • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Cece Loves Science and Adventure (Cece Loves Science, 2) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Milo Imagines the World • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
I Dream of Popo • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $16.78 1 $16.78
Call Me Tree / Llamame arbol (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.47 1 $16.47
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $15.78 1 $15.78
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $15.28 1 $15.28
The Other Side • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Libby Loves Science • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists) • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
My Hair is a Garden • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
Your Name Is a Song • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
Let the Children March • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Merci Suárez Changes Gears • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History • Amazon Business $13.27 1 $13.27
I Promise • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $12.45 1 $12.45
Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Novel, 1) • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, 1) • Amazon Business $12.20 1 $12.20
You Should See Me in a Crown • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Class Act • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
One • Amazon Business $11.56 1 $11.56
My Colors, My World/Mis Colores, Mi Mundo (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Julián Is a Mermaid • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) • Amazon Business $9.14 1 $9.14
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Side by Side/Lado a lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La historia de Dolores Huerta y Cesar Chavez (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
New Kid • Amazon Business $8.64 1 $8.64
Cece Loves Science (Cece Loves Science, 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books) • Amazon Business $7.71 1 $7.71
El Deafo • Amazon Business $7.44 1 $7.44
Pecan Pie Baby • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Malala Yousafzai: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Harriet Tubman: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Story of Alexander Hamilton: A Biography Book for New Readers (The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $6.68 1 $6.68
Cece Loves Science: Push and Pull (I Can Read Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$613.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $56.10

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$708.38

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$125.01

Total project goal

$833.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $833.39

7 Donors

-$814.13

Donations toward project cost

-$708.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$105.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.26

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