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Ms. Illes from Hayward, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Representation Matters in Our Library!

Help me give my students these books which represent them and their families' cultures. Representation matters!

  • $565 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students are magical and they love our classroom library! We read each day and they are select their own reading material and request books for me to read. These carefully chosen books will allow students to see more of themselves represented in our materials. It will also allow them to learn more about each other.

My students represent many diverse cultures and a main part of my focus is to help students learn about each other so they can gain appreciation and become comfortable with each other.

This attitude develops our classroom community and will help students get the most out of their education.

Ms. Illes
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
EXPO Low Odor Dry Erase Markers, Chisel Tip, Assorted Colors, 8 Pack • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship (The Proudest Blue, 2) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Love Is Love: An Important LGBTQ Pride Book for Kids About Gay Parents and Diverse Families (Gifts for Queer Families) • Amazon Business $18.93 1 $18.93
Treasury of Magical Tales From Around the World (National Geographic) • Amazon Business $18.89 1 $18.89
My Name is Bilal • Amazon Business $17.27 1 $17.27
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Brown Is Beautiful: A Poem of Self-Love • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Tonga's First King and Other Folktales • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Pick a Pine Tree • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
Kapaemahu • Amazon Business $15.32 1 $15.32
Our Favorite Day of the Year • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
DARI ENGLISH 100 First Words Picture Book: First 100 familiar words are presented in English and Dari (Bilingual) with bright ... Language Learning Children's Book series) • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
Undocumented: A Worker's Fight • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Pepe and the Parade: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale • Amazon Business $12.50 1 $12.50
Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
I Color Myself Different • Amazon Business $11.84 1 $11.84
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Let's Celebrate Ramadan & Eid! (Muslim Festival of Fasting & Sweets) (Maya & Neel's India Adventure Series, Book 4) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Christmas in Lagos (Nigerian Holidays and Celebrations) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Tomten Saves Christmas: A Swedish Christmas Tale • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Santa in the City • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Shortest Day • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Families • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59

Materials cost

$406.66

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $37.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$479.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$84.70

Total project goal

$564.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $564.67

5 Donors

-$294.96

Donations toward project cost

-$254.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.21

match offer

-$264.96

Match offer toward project cost

-$225.22

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.74

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.75

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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