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Mrs. Cisneros from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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I Can See Myself in the Books I Read!

Help me give my students engaging and relatable Latinx books for our classrpom library.

  • $460 goal

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Mrs. Cisneros has another project! Donate to Decoding the world around me as I learn to read to help her classroom.

$780 - complete this project and be a hero

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

I am requesting Latinx books for our classroom library. My students enjoy reading graphic novels and comic style text. And I want them to be able to see themselves reflected in what they are reading.

My kids are highly active and involved in their learning; with your help, I will be able to bring engaging and sought out novels for our classroom library.

Reading allows students to travel to other places and learn to appreciate culture, not only through the books themselves but also through our members' experiences.

Students love discussing the books they read, therefore motivating other students to read that same book. When we sit down to discuss the books, students are encouraged to write questions about the books as they read.

Mrs. Cisneros Gary Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Chicago, IL 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

30 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Separados no somos iguales: Sylvia Méndez y la lucha de su familia por la integración (Separate Is Never Equal Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight • Amazon Business $19.43 1 $19.43
¡Ay, Mija! (A Graphic Novel): My Bilingual Summer in Mexico (¡Ay, Mija!) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Juego de libertad: Mestre Bimba y el arte de la capoeira (Game of Freedom Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.39 1 $16.39
Diego Rivera: Su Mundo Y El Nuestro/ His World and Ours (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
¡Esquivel! Un artista del sonido de la era espacial / Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist • Amazon Business $15.46 1 $15.46
Serpiente emplumada y los cinco soles: Un Mito Mesoamericano / Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: a Mesoamerican Creation Myth (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.25 1 $15.25
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth • Amazon Business $12.30 1 $12.30
Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira • Amazon Business $12.22 1 $12.22
Frizzy (paperback graphic novel) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México • Amazon Business $11.80 1 $11.80
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua • Amazon Business $11.05 1 $11.05
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Swim Team: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.36 1 $10.36
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation • Amazon Business $9.93 1 $9.93
Día de Muertos: Números: A Day of the Dead Counting Book • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Miss Quinces: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.86 1 $8.86
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes • Amazon Business $8.63 1 $8.63
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin • Amazon Business $8.51 1 $8.51
It's Her Story Sacajawea A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Who Was the Voice of the People?: Cesar Chavez: A Who HQ Graphic Novel (Who HQ Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Curlfriends: New in Town (A Graphic Novel) (Curlfriends, 1) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Salsa: Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem (Bilingual Cooking Poems, 1) • Amazon Business $7.51 1 $7.51

Materials cost

$354.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$390.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.86

Total project goal

$459.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $459.04

6 Donors

-$309.49

Donations toward project cost

-$290.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.05

Matching donations from our partners

-$117.34

Match offers toward project cost

-$99.74

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.60

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$32.20

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 $0.00

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