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Mrs. Parker-Havens from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Seeing Yourself in Literature: Middle Grade Novels with Multiracial Characters

My students need novels with multiracial characters so they see themselves in books.

  • $461 goal

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My Students

I am consistently amazed and inspired by my students' creativity, humor, heart, and hard work. Our school is located in a predominantly immigrant based community and many of our students families come from Caribbean countries. Our school, our families, and our students believe that reading is a lens in which we can examine our surroundings and self.

What they see of themselves and want to see of the world is powerful and what they reflect in their writing is inspiring.

My Project

Growing up, it was always the rare find for me to come across a novel in which the characters looked like me. That is less so the case now for our black and brown students of various cultures.

When you are a black or brown student, it is rare to find oneself in every book picked up, but my hope is to make our classroom library the exception to this.

Seeing oneself in literature sends the message that you and your stories matter and encourages you want to read more and contribute to that body of work. Our students and their stories matter and these novels are another way to send that clear message.

Mrs. Parker-Havens Achievement First Crown Heights 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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Brooklyn, NY View local requests

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

100 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Clubhouse Mysteries Super Sleuth Collection • AKJ Education $26.27 1 $26.27
Words With Wings • AKJ Education $14.36 1 $14.36
Crown : An Ode to the Fresh Cut • AKJ Education $13.10 1 $13.10
Towers Falling • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Sugar • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Gone Crazy in Alabama • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Stars Beneath Our Feet • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Patina • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Darwen Arkwright and the Insidious Bleck • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
America Street A Multicultural Anthology of Stories • AKJ Education $11.95 1 $11.95
Brown Girl Dreaming • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Halfway to Perfect A Dyamonde Daniel Book • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
When I Was the Greatest • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Out of My Mind • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Slam! • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Full Cicada Moon • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Fever 1793 • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The House You Pass on the Way • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Miracle's Boys • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
After Tupac and D Foster • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Let the Circle Be Unbroken • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
You Don't Even Know Me Stories and Poems About Boys • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Feathers • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Ashes • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Forge • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Bayou Magic • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Ghost • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
As Brave As You • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
One Crazy Summer • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Hush • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Heaven • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
If You Come Softly • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Ninth Ward • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Camo Girl • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Down To The Last Out • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Road to Paris • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Chains: Seeds of America • AKJ Education $4.98 1 $4.98
Last Summer with Maizon • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$355.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$391.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.01

Total project goal

$460.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $460.05

10 Donors

-$460.05

Donations toward project cost

-$391.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.01

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