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Mrs. Austin from Denton, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Validating Students' Life Struggles Through Read Aloud Books

Help me give my students the support they need to feel validated and understood in their life struggles through read-aloud books that target a variety of issues such as dyslexia, language barriers, income insecurity, divorce, trauma...

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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

Students are no exception to life Struggles. Even though many of these struggles come from decisions or circumstances made by adults and/or disorders that nobody asked for, our young children have to learn to navigate their day of learning and complying even though they themselves do not truly understand the struggles they are living with. These read-aloud books will help them better understand and express themselves as they have to do school life with a variety of life struggles looming over them throughout their day. Give students the gift of validation. These books will hit the following topics: ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, sensory-seeking behaviors, language barriers, housing insecurity, food insecurity, income insecurity, long-term illness, selective mutism, parents' divorce, grief, past traumas, anxiety, bullying, double vision, being hard of hearing, gossip and rumors, unhealthy friendships, and big feelings.

Mrs. Austin Hodge Elementary School Grades 3-5

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Denton, 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

100 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Saturday at the Food Pantry • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
My Brain Is Magic: A Sensory-Seeking Celebration • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
My Wandering Dreaming Mind • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Bravery Grows: A Story for All Children, Including Those with Anxiety or Selective Mutism • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Grief Is an Elephant • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Aaron Slater, Illustrator: A Picture Book (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $15.61 1 $15.61
Cloud Babies • Amazon Business $14.80 1 $14.80
Healing Days: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma • Amazon Business $14.54 1 $14.54
Home • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53
Lola and the Troll • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Patchwork Prince • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
What Are You Feeling?: A picture book of your emotions • Amazon Business $13.50 1 $13.50
The Iheards • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Pirate of Kindergarten (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover)) • Amazon Business $12.81 1 $12.81
The Not-So-Friendly Friend: How To Set Boundaries for Healthy Friendships • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
Isabel and her Colores Go to School (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
The Compulsion Cloud • Amazon Business $11.15 1 $11.15
Can Bears Ski?: 1 • Amazon Business $11.10 1 $11.10
Abdul's Story • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
Once Upon My Dads' Divorce • Amazon Business $9.09 1 $9.09
Anxious: A Choose Your Own Attitude Book • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$289.90

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$324.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.22

Total project goal

$381.47

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $381.47

4 Donors

-$187.64

Donations toward project cost

-$164.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$22.90

Matching donations from our partners

-$187.66

Match offers toward project cost

-$159.51

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.17

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