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Ms. Madden from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Readers Hungry for Diverse Characters!

My students need books featuring diverse characters and historical figures to create a more rich and inclusive classroom library.

  • $707 goal

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My Students

My third grade students go to a wonderfully diverse and collaborative public school in Brooklyn, New York. Our school works hard to help our students become problem solvers, creative thinkers, and socially responsible citizens of their community and the world.

My students are avid readers of chapter books and they love engaging in incredibly rich discussions about their reading!

However, my students are upset about the lack of diverse characters in the books we have in our classroom library. They would like to read books from the perspectives of many different characters and historical figures!

My Project

Children find role models not only in their parents and teachers growing up, but also in the characters in their favorite books. These role models are incredibly important in helping children learn and grow into strong and confident young people. Children’s worlds will not only grow from reading books about diverse characters, by so will their sense of kindness and empathy, as well as their self-confidence.

Reading books with characters of different races and from different backgrounds is important for children because stories are a great way for children to learn empathy and how to understand the feelings of others.

Not only do diverse characters teach all kids about being compassionate and inclusive, but they also help my students from all races and backgrounds feel confident in themselves. Having more books with diverse characters will be beneficial to the social and emotional development of ALL my students and I am excited to get them into their hot little hands!

Ms. Madden Maurice Sendak Community School Grades PreK-2

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Brooklyn, NY View local requests 24 students impacted 7donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Norell: Master of American Fashion • Amazon Business $40.41 1 $40.41
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls • Amazon Business $35.00 1 $35.00
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls 2 • Amazon Business $35.00 1 $35.00
1: Bedtime Inspirational Stories: 50 Amazing Black People Who Changed the World (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $28.84 1 $28.84
Four Feet, Two Sandals • Amazon Business $18.00 1 $18.00
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial (Carter G Woodson Honor Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $16.67 1 $16.67
Fashion Plates Deluxe Kit • Amazon Business $16.65 1 $16.65
Lost New York • Amazon Business $16.25 1 $16.25
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (Denene Millner Books) • Amazon Business $16.16 1 $16.16
Caroline's Comets: A True Story • Amazon Business $16.10 1 $16.10
The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists) • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
A Different Pond • Amazon Business $14.36 1 $14.36
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code (People Who Shaped Our World) • Amazon Business $14.20 1 $14.20
Curious Constructions: A Peculiar Portfolio of Fifty Fascinating Structures (Uncommon Compendiums) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family's Journey (English and Arabic Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story • Amazon Business $13.37 1 $13.37
The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $13.26 1 $13.26
Lila and the Crow • Amazon Business $13.26 1 $13.26
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $13.03 1 $13.03
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
Before She was Harriet (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
Margaret and the Moon • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Lotus and Feather • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
The Journey • Amazon Business $12.56 1 $12.56
Extraordinary People: A Semi-Comprehensive Guide to Some of the World's Most Fascinating Individuals • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Fantastically Great Women Who Made History • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $10.74 1 $10.74
A Shelter in Our Car • Amazon Business $9.24 1 $9.24
Under the Ramadan Moon • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflowers and Swirly Stars (Smart About Art) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women • Amazon Business $3.96 1 $3.96

Materials cost

$562.49

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$600.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$106.05

Total project goal

$706.98

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $706.98

7 Donors

-$706.98

Donations toward project cost

-$600.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$106.05

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