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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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Multicultural Books to Inspire Multilingual Readers

Help me give my students stories with multicultural characters written by multicultural authors, so they may see themselves in the pages!

  • $349 goal

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My Project

I teach students who come from all over the world and who long to see themselves in the pages of the books we read. The lack of representation of multilingual and multicultural characters in mainstream literature is a sad reality in many educational systems.

My goal for this project is to begin to build a library for students that includes books representing cultures from all over the world, so that my students may have an opportunity to identify with characters and make text-to-self connections.

My students have been through so much. In addition to the obstacles of leaving a home and settling into a new country, my students have had the added challenge of learning a new language. I want to read them stories about where they are from, so they may feel pride in their histories and feel motivated to develop as readers.

Ms. Simonson Barack Obama Magnet University School Grades PreK-2

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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 Haven, CT 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

110 students impacted 3donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Lakeshore Multicultural Stories Paperback Library • Lakeshore Learning Materials $109.50 1 $109.50
10 Book Bundle - Lee & Low Anti-Racism Collection (Grades PreK-2) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $100.00 1 $100.00
Where Are You From? (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
The ABCs of Black History (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
The Name Jar (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 1 $9.00

Materials cost

$257.50

Vendor shipping charges

$5.00

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$296.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.30

Total project goal

$348.66

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$348.66

2 Donors

-$174.33

Donations toward project cost

-$148.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.15

match offer

-$174.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$148.18

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.15

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$0.00

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