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Ms. Simonson from New Haven, CT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Exploring Our Multicultural Identities

Help me give my students books that will help them explore their identities and embrace the identities of others.

  • $458 goal

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My Project

I want to inspire a love of reading by making representative literature available so that students can see themselves in the pages of the books they read.

My goal is to build a classroom library with books about multicultural characters written by multicultural authors in order to help students explore their own identities as well as begin to appreciate the identities of others.

My students come from all over the world. They speak Ukrainian, Pashto, Arabic, Kinyarwanda, Haitian Creole, and Spanish. They live in an urban and underserved community where Black English is the primary discourse. I want my students to know that no matter what language or dialect they speak, their voices matter. When they see that authors who look and sound like them have published their stories, they will understand that they can do that, too.

Ms. Simonson Barack Obama Magnet University School Grades 3-5

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New Haven, CT View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

110 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
10 Book Bundle - Lee & Low Anti-Racism Collection (Grades 3-5) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $110.00 1 $110.00
Explore Your World: Multicultural Foods Books - Set of 4 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $71.96 1 $71.96
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $25.00 1 $25.00
I Can Be All Three • Amazon Business $17.69 1 $17.69
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 1 $17.00
An ABC of Equality (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Hey Carter!: My Brown Skin (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
You Need to Chill!: A trans pride and acceptance children's book • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Moon's Ramadan • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Habibi • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
It's Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr! (Bumba Books ® ― It's a Holiday!) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors (A Muslim Book Of Concepts) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Amina's Voice • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$348.28

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$388.50

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.56

Total project goal

$457.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $457.06

6 Donors

-$431.29

Donations toward project cost

-$388.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.79

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$25.77

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