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Ms. Barrios from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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South LA Scholars Need Books!

My students need an abundant amount of books to choose from. This list contains books about relevant cultures, histories, interests, and themes my scholars will enjoy and use for their literacy development!

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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 Students

I will be working with approximately 30 amazing students who are all of from diverse backgrounds. As diverse as our students are economically and culturally, they are diverse in their academics. Our school is located in South Los Angeles, where most students are underserved.

Our school serves Pre-K-5th grades and is located in the Crenshaw corridor that serves approximately 420 students school-wide.

Five principles guide our work: innovation, critical thinking, learning, preserving, and leadership. Our scholars are motivated, innovative and eager to learn!

My Project

This year, I will begin my first year of teaching! I will be teaching Third Grade this upcoming August in the South LA community. I am beyond excited to start building a classroom library that encompasses the backgrounds, identities, and interests of my students. I have already gotten started with a few books but unfortunately, I am unable to afford to buy all the books my students deserve. This project will help fund many of the books that will help build a culturally relevant library.

With access to so many great books, your donation will set up my students for success and steady literacy development.

Your generous donation to this project will significantly impact our Third Grade classroom because it will provide a diverse classroom library. My students will be able to read, write about and discuss books that relate to them and their life experiences.

It is important for students to develop a love for reading and have access to books at different levels that cater to their needs. This project will ensure that my students are engaged and excited to read! As I continue to gather resources for my students and classroom, my main goals as an educator are to foster an appreciation for diversity, develop critical thinking skills and promote leadership in their community through empowerment. I am hoping to provide access to diverse cultural narratives that pave the way towards their academic development. Any and all help is extremely appreciated! Thank you in advance for supporting my lift off as a social justice educator!

Ms. Barrios Angeles Mesa Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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Nearly all 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
The Judy Moody Uber-Awesome Collection: Books 1-9 • Amazon Business $28.46 1 $28.46
That's Not Fair! / ¡No Es Justo!: Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice/La lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $19.93 1 $19.93
Dog Man: The Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-3 Boxed Set) • Amazon Business $19.03 1 $19.03
Let Them Play (True Story) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Four Feet, Two Sandals • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00
Zorro (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
My Name Is Gabriela/Me llamo Gabriela (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $16.89 1 $16.89
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills • Amazon Business $15.88 1 $15.88
Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México • Amazon Business $14.67 1 $14.67
The Other Side • Amazon Business $14.40 1 $14.40
Oliver Button Is a Sissy • Amazon Business $14.26 1 $14.26
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya • Amazon Business $13.97 1 $13.97
Salsa: Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem (Bilingual Cooking Poems) • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan: Two Stories of Bravery • Amazon Business $13.57 1 $13.57
My Princess Boy • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Ada Twist, Scientist • Amazon Business $13.20 1 $13.20
Hey, Little Ant • Amazon Business $13.06 1 $13.06
Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan • Amazon Business $12.94 1 $12.94
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq • Amazon Business $12.85 1 $12.85
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah • Amazon Business $12.85 1 $12.85
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended) • Amazon Business $12.78 1 $12.78
Introducing Teddy: A gentle story about gender and friendship • Amazon Business $12.67 1 $12.67
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $12.50 1 $12.50
The Red Piano • Amazon Business $12.44 1 $12.44
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez • Amazon Business $12.06 1 $12.06
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words • Amazon Business $11.97 1 $11.97
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale (Tomas Rivera Mexican-American Children's Book Award (Awards)) • Amazon Business $11.62 1 $11.62
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon Business $11.61 1 $11.61
Rosie Revere, Engineer • Amazon Business $11.58 1 $11.58
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville • Amazon Business $11.52 1 $11.52
Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Horton Hears a Who! • Amazon Business $11.30 1 $11.30
Across the Alley • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
Frida (English Language Edition) • Amazon Business $10.11 1 $10.11
Skin Again • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
A Movie in My Pillow/Una pelicula en mi almohada • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Library Book: Grandfather Counts (Avenues) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Xochitl and the Flowers: Xóchitl, la Niña de las Flores • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
In My Family/En mi familia • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
One Green Apple • Amazon Business $9.90 1 $9.90
Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin • Amazon Business $9.81 1 $9.81
The Most Magnificent Thing • Amazon Business $9.61 1 $9.61
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop (Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent) • Amazon Business $9.57 1 $9.57
The Upside Down Boy/El nino de cabeza (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad • Amazon Business $9.37 1 $9.37
Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream • Amazon Business $9.24 1 $9.24
Amelia's Road • Amazon Business $9.23 1 $9.23
Enemy Pie (Reading Rainbow book) • Amazon Business $9.22 1 $9.22
My Diary from Here to There: Mi diario de aqui hasta alla (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.10 1 $9.10
My Very Own Room/Mi propio cuartito • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Baseball Saved Us • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
We Are All Born Free Mini Edition: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures • Amazon Business $8.94 1 $8.94
The Jelly Donut Difference: Sharing Kindness with the World • Amazon Business $8.74 1 $8.74
Molly, by Golly!: The Legend of Molly Williams, America's First Female Firefighter • Amazon Business $8.66 1 $8.66
My Name Is Jorge: On Both Sides of the River • Amazon Business $8.38 1 $8.38
Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Nothing but Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Who's in a Family? • Amazon Business $7.91 1 $7.91
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids (Bucketfilling Books) • Amazon Business $7.78 1 $7.78
Freedom Summer • Amazon Business $7.65 1 $7.65
Too Many Tamales • Amazon Business $7.62 1 $7.62
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
The Composition • Amazon Business $7.44 1 $7.44
It's Okay To Be Different • Amazon Business $7.44 1 $7.44
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Under the Ramadan Moon • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Dumpling Soup • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
A Day's Work • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Playing Loteria /El juego de la loteria (Bilingual) (English, Multilingual and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.94 1 $6.94
Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina • Amazon Business $6.68 1 $6.68
A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History • Amazon Business $6.61 1 $6.61
Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! The Cookie Fiasco • Amazon Business $6.55 1 $6.55
Everybody Cooks Rice (Carolrhoda Picture Books) • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48
The Important Book • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Sylvia & Aki • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Loser • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Pinduli • Amazon Business $6.21 1 $6.21
My Name Is Maria Isabel • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Tiger Rising • Amazon Business $5.97 1 $5.97
Because of Winn-Dixie • Amazon Business $5.59 1 $5.59
The Story of Kwanzaa • Amazon Business $5.21 1 $5.21
Esperanza Rising (McDougal Littell Library) • Amazon Business $5.04 1 $5.04
Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors • Amazon Business $4.72 1 $4.72
My Name Is Yoon • Amazon Business $3.03 1 $3.03
Me llamo María Isabel • Amazon Business $2.60 1 $2.60

Materials cost

$899.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $82.35

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.50

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,025.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$181.03

Total project goal

$1,206.87

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,206.87

9 Donors

-$1,037.75

Donations toward project cost

-$919.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$118.16

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$44.12

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