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Ms. Isabel from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diversity in the Library!

Help me give my students new inspirational books that represent diverse characters and cultures.

  • $583 goal

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My Students

Many of my students are at-risk students that do not have basic necessities and opportunities that students receive in other school settings. They have innovative ideas and are very creative, but many of them lack parental support and support of family members. They struggle to maintain positive interactions with their peers and many have anger issues.

They are naturally artistic, innovative thinkers that need socialization skills and opportunities to experience positive team building exercises that will allow them to experience positive social interaction with others.

My Project

My students need access to books that represent the diverse world that we live in. During storytime in our library, many of the books we have do not represent characters my students can relate to. There is more to life than fairy tales and happy endings, and students need to read about characters that represent diversity and cultures that are different from their own.

These books will allow students to find commonalities with the characters they read about and foster an appreciation of other cultures.

These books will also develop our library collection and provide opportunities for thought-provoking discussions that relate to current events and trends.

By reading diverse literature, students can gain insight into cultural differences and the importance of daily customs and rituals. The books will arouse their curiosity, allow them to see different characters and lifestyles, and understand that we are all unique!

Ms. Isabel Cook Junior Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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Houston, TX 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

HBCU Alum 120 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Getting Away with Murder • AKJ Education $19.79 1 $19.79
Chocolate Me! • AKJ Education $17.09 1 $17.09
Happy in Our Skin • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
When I Was Puerto Rican • AKJ Education $15.29 1 $15.29
All American Boys • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Just In Case • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Diego Rivera • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Sit-In • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
I Dissent • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
I Am Enough • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
A Taste of Colored Water • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
My Abuelita • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Just Ask! • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
She Persisted • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Librarian of Basra • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Maybe Something Beautiful • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
I Am Malala • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Hair Love • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Little Leaders • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Tar Beach • AKJ Education $5.83 2 $11.66
March: Book One • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
Cora Cooks Pancit • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
Schomburg: the Man Who Built a Library • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
145th Street • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Good Kind of Trouble, A • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Mexican WhiteBoy • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
Romiette And Julio • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Inside Out and Back Again • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Ruby's Wish • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Ninth Ward • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Return to Sender • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Boys Without Names • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Only Passing Through • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Two Homes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Those Shoes • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Rickshaw Girl • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
Who Was Frida Kahlo? • AKJ Education $4.79 1 $4.79
Native American Heroes Osceola, Tecumseh & Cochise • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64
Ling & Ting • AKJ Education $3.64 1 $3.64

Materials cost

$445.48

Vendor shipping charges

 $13.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.68

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$495.16

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.38

Total project goal

$582.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $582.54

5 Donors

-$285.48

Donations toward project cost

-$247.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.71

match offer

-$291.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$247.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.66

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.01

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