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Mr. Rail from Englewood, CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Voices: Expand Our Library's Book Collection

Help me give my students a diverse collection of library books that represent them!

  • $489 goal

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Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

Join us in transforming our K-6 school library into a a space of knowledge, representation, and inclusion with many new books!

Your generous support will enable us to expand our elementary library book collection with new books allowing young readers to access stories that highlight and uplift diverse experiences.

Together, we can inspire change, foster understanding, and amplify the voices of all members of our school community. Your contribution will help create a more inclusive, informed, and united school, where the power of literature can bridge the gap and nurture a brighter future for all learners.

Mr. Rail
Grades 3-5
    More than half 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

    This project will reach 220 students.

    1 donor has given to this project.

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
All People Are Beautiful - Children's Diversity Book That Teaches Acceptance and Belonging, and How to Feel Comfortable In the Skin You Live In - A Child’s First Conversation About Race • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
Monday is One Day • Amazon Business $18.94 1 $18.94
When We Are Kind / Nihá’ádaahwiinít’íigo (English and Navaho Edition) • Amazon Business $17.91 1 $17.91
A Drop of the Sea • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Ojiichan's Gift • Amazon Business $16.96 1 $16.96
Bracelets for Bina's Brothers (Storytelling Math) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Circles All Around Us • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Dim Sum, Here We Come! • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
A Family Is a Family Is a Family • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
The Year We Learned to Fly • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
This Is Not My Home • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Halal Hot Dogs • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Cat Man of Aleppo • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
In My Anaana's Amautik • Amazon Business $12.93 1 $12.93
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story • Amazon Business $12.16 1 $12.16
In Our Garden • Amazon Business $11.90 1 $11.90
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $11.75 1 $11.75
Brave Every Day • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Thunder Boy Jr. • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.47 1 $10.47
Change Sings: A Children's Anthem • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
I Am Golden • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49

Materials cost

$379.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.69

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$414.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$73.23

Total project goal

$488.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $488.18

1 Donor

-$488.18

Donations toward project cost

-$414.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.23

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