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Ms. Shrader from Richmond, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Reading for our Classroom

Help me give my students diverse and multicultural books for our kindergarten classroom library.

  • $590 goal

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My Students

This is not my classroom. This classroom belongs to me and my students. It is our classroom. We are in an urban school located in central Virginia with a high poverty rate. My students are demographically very diverse. Our school is open year-round which allows for less summer slump, more opportunities for remediation, and students retain more information.

Our classroom library needs more diverse books!

Books with diverse race. Books with diverse genders. Books with diverse families. Books with diverse personalities.

My Project

Our classroom is situated in a school that has high diversity. We are multi-racial. We have many kids of families. Like most schools, we have many different personalities in our students. Multiculturalism teaches people to acknowledge, respect, and embrace differences which in turn promotes peace.

Reading diverse books in the classroom allows the children to imagine themselves in different situations.

When they see how other children around the world go to school, they can see the similarities and differences. This promotes respect and empathy for all types of people. This also lets children see their culture in the book being celebrated.

Ms. Shrader Patrick Henry School Science & Arts 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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Richmond, VA 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
My Princess Boy • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
My School in the Rain Forest: How Children Attend School Around the World • Amazon Business $17.05 1 $17.05
School Days Around the World • Amazon Business $16.96 1 $16.96
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World • Amazon Business $16.86 1 $16.86
Don't Touch My Hair! • Amazon Business $15.59 1 $15.59
Ruth and the Green Book • Amazon Business $15.44 1 $15.44
A Bike Like Sergio's (A Junior Library Guild Selection) • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Super Satya Saves the Day • Amazon Business $14.18 1 $14.18
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville • Amazon Business $13.61 1 $13.61
Around Our Way on Neighbors' Day • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
The Moon Over Star • Amazon Business $13.58 1 $13.58
The Undefeated • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
A World of Kindness • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Early Sunday Morning (Denene Millner Books) • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
First Laugh--Welcome, Baby! • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
Red: A Crayon's Story • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Building Our House • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Tricky • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $11.38 1 $11.38
ABC for Me: ABC Mindful Me: ABCs for a happy, healthy mind & body • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $10.58 1 $10.58
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me • Amazon Business $10.24 1 $10.24
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
B is for Breathe: The ABCs of Coping with Fussy and Frustrating Feelings • Amazon Business $9.68 1 $9.68
I'm A Big Brother Now • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Thread of Love • Amazon Business $8.65 1 $8.65
The Honest-to-Goodness Truth • Amazon Business $8.61 1 $8.61
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.37 1 $7.37
Tight Times (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Feast for 10 • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95

Materials cost

$432.11

Vendor shipping charges

 $32.49

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$501.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.43

Total project goal

$589.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $589.51

2 Donors

-$295.00

Donations toward project cost

-$250.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.25

Matching donations from our partners

-$294.51

Match offers toward project cost

-$250.33

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.18

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