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Ms. K. Simpson from Bellaire, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading About Me

Help me give my students books by and about people who look like them!

  • $349 goal

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My Project

My students enjoy reading novels, but they're always asking me for books with characters who look like them. They are especially interested if the author is a person of color like most of them are.

My students light up when they see a book with a story about a kid whose life is like theirs--and with an author photo on the back who looks like them.

I want my students to be able to look at our bookshelves and be able to choose books that will show them that stories like theirs are valued!

Ms. K. Simpson Bellaire High School Grades 9-12

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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Bellaire, TX View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

150 students impacted 2donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Weary Blues • MahoganyBooks $24.26 1 $24.26
The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World • MahoganyBooks $23.39 1 $23.39
Call Us What We Carry • MahoganyBooks $22.49 1 $22.49
March: Book Three • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
March: Book Two • MahoganyBooks $17.96 1 $17.96
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Dear Justyce • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Becoming • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Ace of Spades • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (PB) • MahoganyBooks $15.30 1 $15.30
March: Book One • MahoganyBooks $13.46 1 $13.46
Random Minis: Dear Martin • MahoganyBooks $10.80 1 $10.80
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice • MahoganyBooks $9.89 1 $9.89

Materials cost

$257.18

Vendor shipping charges

 $4.82

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.86

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$295.86

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.21

Total project goal

$348.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $348.07

1 Donor

-$174.03

Donations toward project cost

-$147.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.10

match offer

-$174.04

Match offer toward project cost

-$147.93

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.11

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 $0.00

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