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Ms. Holers from San Pedro, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Library for Diverse Leaners

Help me give my students access to a diverse classroom library. Adding these titles to our library would help ensure that all students feel seen in the books they are reading.

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My Students

My classroom in San Pedro, California is built of a very unique and diverse set of learners. In our first grade magnet classroom, my students come together to build a strong family. The connections we make last a life time.

My Project

Access to a diverse classroom library is important for each and every student. With this project, I am trying to ensure that my classroom environment provides just that.

Students need to see themselves in the books they read.

Every student is unique. They each have different cultures, languages, family structures, etc. All of these differences are what makes our classroom environment unique. Students having the ability to access to all types of literature ensure a love for reading, and a love for reading is the baseline for student reading success.

Ms. Holers Barton Hill Elementary School 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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San Pedro, 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

25 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fujifilm Instax Mini Instant Film Value Pack - 120 Photos • Amazon Business $79.99 1 $79.99
Vivora Luno - Sitting Ball Chair for Office, Dorm, and Home, Lightweight Self-Standing Ergonomic Posture Activating Exercise Ball Solution with Handle & Cover, Classroom & Yoga • Amazon Business $71.99 1 $71.99
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Bilal Cooks Daal • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
I Am Brown • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Brown Boy Joy • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
If Dominican Were a Color • Amazon Business $16.14 1 $16.14
The Thing Lou Couldn't Do • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $15.97 1 $15.97
What Are Your Words?: A Book About Pronouns • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
One Family • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando • Amazon Business $14.97 1 $14.97
Except When They Don't • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
A Family Is a Family Is a Family • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Paletero Man • Amazon Business $14.48 1 $14.48
Jabari Tries • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Red: A Crayon's Story • Amazon Business $14.08 1 $14.08
Black Is a Rainbow Color • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning) • Amazon Business $13.70 1 $13.70
The Recess Queen • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Too Many Tamales • Amazon Business $13.64 1 $13.64
The Big Bed • Amazon Business $13.47 1 $13.47
Same, Same But Different • Amazon Business $13.21 1 $13.21
I Promise • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
Just Like Me • Amazon Business $12.36 1 $12.36
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion (Knuffle Bunny Series) • Amazon Business $12.00 1 $12.00
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Last Stop on Market Street • Amazon Business $11.65 1 $11.65
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race (First Conversations) • Amazon Business $11.37 1 $11.37
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
The Hula-Hoopin' Queen • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Lola's Cool New Family: A guide to divorce for both kids and parents • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Upside Down Boy/El nino de cabeza (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
Sulwe • Amazon Business $9.64 1 $9.64
How to Catch a Turkey • Amazon Business $8.56 1 $8.56
All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Those Shoes • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Grumpy Monkey • Amazon Business $6.97 1 $6.97
My Name Is Maria Isabel • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Juneteenth for Mazie (Fiction Picture Books) • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
The Invisible String • Amazon Business $4.43 1 $4.43

Materials cost

$756.98

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $69.26

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$867.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$153.10

Total project goal

$1,020.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,020.69

3 Donors

-$1,010.69

Donations toward project cost

-$859.09

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$151.60

match offer

-$10.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$8.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

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