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Ms. Moffat from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Give Harlem Students Quality Books and Affirmation

Help me give my students books with characters that look like them by authors of color!

  • $301 goal

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My Students

The children of Harlem are a special bunch! My first grade class this year live and thrive off of the education that is given to them each and every day at our school site. These Harlem first graders continue to show their teachers that they are capable of much more than what we expect from them. Whether it be through the arts or sciences, these Teeny-Tiny Harlem Scholars show excellence in learning all year long, by doing their very best all year long.

These Harlem first graders deserve the very best, and it is my goal to make sure that they receive an education that is innovative, effective, fun, and filled with adventure!

These students learn best when they are given opportunities to explore life independently. My goal this year is to make sure that my students have ample opportunities to learn through exploration and play all while keeping their minds and bodies in tip-top condition.

My Project

Think about your classroom growing up. Think about your favorite books and the excitement of reading about a character that you relate to. Did the characters look like you? Were the characters white? The vast majority of children's books feature white characters, and not all students feel represented.

Children of color deserve books that they can relate to with characters that look like them.

Books should be a mirror and a window. A mirror to see yourself represented, and a window to see characters different from yourself.

Give the students in our classroom the opportunity to have quality books that can be a window and a mirror for them. These books will be used for read-aloud in our classroom and will be loved by our children for years to come.

Ms. Moffat KIPP Star Harlem College Preparatory Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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New York, NY View local requests

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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $14.60 1 $14.60
How to Read a Book • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $14.27 1 $14.27
Dreamers • Amazon Business $14.24 1 $14.24
Penny and the Magic Puffballs: The adventures of Penny and the Magic Puffballs. (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $14.06 1 $14.06
Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey • Amazon Business $13.75 1 $13.75
I Can Write the World • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
Poems for the Smart, Spunky, and Sensational Black Girl • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Not Quite Snow White • Amazon Business $12.96 1 $12.96
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $11.78 1 $11.78
The Nutcracker in Harlem • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
Princess Hair • Amazon Business $9.19 1 $9.19
Did You Burp?: How to Ask Questions (or Not!) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.36 1 $7.36
Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly (Passport to Reading, Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Ling & Ting Share a Birthday (Passport to Reading, Level 3: Ling & Ting) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! (Passport to Reading Level 3) • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49

Materials cost

$222.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$255.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$45.10

Total project goal

$300.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $300.69

3 Donors

-$298.05

Donations toward project cost

-$255.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.46

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$2.64

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