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Dr. Woods from Washington, DC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Read Baby Read!

Help me give my students a collection of books with characters who look like them!

  • $315 goal

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My Project

I'm eight months into the school year at a new school. It's safe to say that we are having a great time learning and getting to know each other. We are requesting a collection of books to support reading, reading interests, and comprehension.

It's time to add more diverse books to our library collection.

The importance of representation for my students will allow them to see and reach their greatest potential. It will also provide them with examples of individuals, who look like them, some of who are agents of change.

The importance of representation at such a young age is important for all students, especially my students, because they have not seen much of that in our curriculum as well as classroom library. Books such as Stacey's Extraordinary Words, Marcus Makes it Big, The 1619 Project, and The Year We Learned to Fly will celebrate representation while introducing students to facts in Black history and prominent individuals who look like them.

I hope that students will be able to remember these titles and have a deeper connection to history and a deeper interest in reading.

Dr. Woods J.O. Wilson Elementary School Grades 3-5

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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
A Kids Book About Racism • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Systemic Racism • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Little Black Boy: Oh, the Things You Will Do! • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Stacey's Remarkable Books • Amazon Business $17.04 1 $17.04
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Ain't Burned All the Bright • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
The Year We Learned to Fly • Amazon Business $12.72 1 $12.72
The ABCs of Black History • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
Stacey’s Extraordinary Words • Amazon Business $10.70 1 $10.70
The Adventures of Qai Qai • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Marcus Makes It Big • Amazon Business $9.51 1 $9.51
Marcus Makes a Movie • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$219.40

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $9.62

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$267.31

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$47.17

Total project goal

$314.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $314.48

3 Donors

-$157.23

Donations toward project cost

-$133.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.58

match offer

-$157.25

Match offer toward project cost

-$133.66

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$23.59

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