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Ms. Zanto from Temple Terrace, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Multicultural Literature for a Multicultural Classroom!

Help me give my students quality literature that celebrates African American Culture and diversity.

  • $353 goal

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My Students

I teach second grade English Language Arts (ELA) at Lewis Elementary and I work with students who are intelligent, creative, energetic and diverse. The students in my class are eager to learn and enhance their skills in reading and writing! More than half of the students who attend Lewis come from low-income households.

My Project

As a second grade English Language Arts teacher I pride myself on developing a love of reading in my students and I believe that it is important for children to be able to relate to the books they read and the characters they grow to love. Literature that celebrates diversity teaches young children that it’s okay to express themselves and embrace their culture and cultural differences. Forty-five percent of the student population at our school is African American and I believe that it is important for young children to see their culture and race represented in the books they read at school.

Ms. Zanto
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Day You Begin • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
Kamala and Maya's Big Idea • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
I Am Enough • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
Ambitious Girl • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Change Sings • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
I Believe I Can • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Hair Like Mine • MahoganyBooks $17.06 1 $17.06
Bunheads • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Black is a Rainbow Color • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
M Is for Melanin A Celebration of the Black Child • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Hair Love • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Skin Like Mine • MahoganyBooks $16.16 1 $16.16
Get Up, Stand Up • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
This is Your Time • MahoganyBooks $14.39 1 $14.39
Every Little Thing: Based on the Song 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
One Love • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$260.80

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.89

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$299.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.87

Total project goal

$352.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $352.47

1 Donor

-$149.80

Donations toward project cost

-$149.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$176.24

Match offer toward project cost

-$149.80

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.44

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$26.44

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 $0.00

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