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Mrs. McCurdy from Austin, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Learning to Love Reading for My English Learners

Help me give my students a reading experience that reflects the language most of them hear at home and stories that resonate with them, as I work to build a lifelong love of reading.

  • 11 donors
  • $771 goal

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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 serve as librarian in an elementary school where 80% of our students are English Language Learners. However, only 20% of the books in our library are in Spanish. It's important that our students see themselves in our collection, both culturally and linguistically.

Fostering a love of reading is foundational to a child's future.

A broad selection of titles increases the chances that they will find a book that resonates with them and makes them want to keep reading. For many of them, that isn't easy because our selection is so thin. I became a librarian after watching a Pre-K student *dance* across the room when she saw a Dora the Explorer book. I knew then that I wanted to replicate that feeling as often as possible. Even our book fairs are grossly lopsided in English titles versus Spanish ones. I never want our library to send a message that their native language is somehow less.

Representation matters.

Mrs. McCurdy Wayside Real Learning Academy 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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Austin, 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

650 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Spanish Board Book Collection • Lakeshore Learning Materials $70.50 2 $141.00
5 Book Set Lil' Libros: Dr. Ochoa's Stellar World STEAM Bundle (Math, Arts, Engineering, Tech, Scientists) (bilingual Spanish ESOL, STEM books) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $60.00 1 $60.00
La Novela Grafica Colecci?n - Graphic Novel Spanish Collection - 5 Book Set - Collection • AKJ Education $21.72 2 $43.44
¡Los Zombis no comen verduras! (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.92 2 $37.84
Pastel para enemigos (Enemy Pie Spanish language edition): (Spanish Books for Kids, Friendship Book for Children) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.09 2 $34.18
El libro de la tabla periódica (The Elements Book) (DK Our World in Pictures) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Don't be scared! - ¡No tengas miedo!: Bilingual Children's Picture Book in English-Spanish. Suitable for kindergarten, elementary school, and at home! (Kids Learn Spanish) • Amazon Business $22.95 1 $22.95
Big - Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Fly, Little Bird - ¡Vuela, pajarito!: Bilingual Children's Picture Book in English and Spanish (Kids Learn Spanish) • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Where Are You From? (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Spanish Short Stories for Beginners: Learn Spanish Fast with Basic Stories in Spanish and English • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Si llevas un raton a la escuela (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Guillo, el armadillo: A book that inspires children to find their unique talents. (Nuestra Fauna) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Flying Tree - El árbol volador: Bilingual Children's Book in English and Spanish. Suitable for preschool, kindergarten and at home! (Kids Learn Spanish) • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Yo Soy la Luna: Un libro infantil sobre la Luna (Estoy Aprendiendo: Serie educativa en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Yo Soy La Tierra: Un Libro del Día de la Tierra para Niños (Estoy Aprendiendo: Serie educativa en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
Como Yo / Like Me SPANISH Edition (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Yo Soy el Sol: Un libro infantil sobre el Sol (Estoy Aprendiendo: Serie educativa en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.16 1 $11.16
The Mexiglish Girl / La Chica Mexiglish: Bilingual Children's book in English and Spanish (Proud to be bilingual) • Amazon Business $11.05 1 $11.05
Los tipos malos en el conejillo contraataca (The Bad Guys in the Furball Strikes Back) (3) (tipos malos, Los) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.39 2 $10.78
The Color Box / La caja de color: Babl Children's Books in Spanish and English • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
SPACE for bilingual kids Espacio para niños pequeños bilingües: English-Spanish Edition Libro Bilingüe Inglés-Español (Bilingual Brainbox English-Spanish Books For Children) • Amazon Business $9.12 1 $9.12
Lola quiere un gato / Lola Gets a Cat (Lola Reads) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Let's Be Friends / Seamos Amigos: In English and Spanish / En ingles y español (My Friend, Mi Amigo) • Amazon Business $7.60 1 $7.60
Chancho el rebelde (Pig the Rebel) (Chancho el pug) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Saraí y el significado de lo genial (Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Good Night, Mr. Panda / Buenas noches, Sr. Panda (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
Lola en la biblioteca (Lola Reads) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.06 1 $5.06

Materials cost

$609.10

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.05

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.14

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$655.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$115.64

Total project goal

$770.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $770.93

5 Donors

-$576.17

Donations toward project cost

-$514.89

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$61.28

match offer

-$165.18

Match offer toward project cost

-$140.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.78

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.58

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