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Ms. Brown from Camden, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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We Need Diverse Books

Help me give my students diverse books in which they can see themselves!

  • $570 goal

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My Students

"Hey! She's like me!" These words were exclaimed by a student in my class last year as she listened to a story about a blended family. Bright, inquisitive, and curious would-be some adjectives to describe the children I work with. They are talented students working hard everyday to succeed. The majority of students in my school come from minority backgrounds and many are English language learners.

All-day long, we explore books, numbers, and ideas.

It is my job as a teacher to facilitate the exploration of new ideas, topics my students care about, and what it means to be a citizen of the world.

The students in my class are an increasingly diverse group of children who have a wide range of needs and experiences. My school is a Title I school and serves students PreK through fourth grade. My goal is for my students to love reading, and make improvements in reading each day. Linking literacy and personal connections to books will help us achieve this goal! The students in my class and school receive free/reduced lunch, have special needs, and love to listen to stories!

My Project

Connecting with the characters and stories in books opens the world to children. When children can relate to the characters, settings, and events in a book, they better relate and understand story elements. They see themselves inside of the book and want to read it over and over again! Unfortunately, a large percentage of students are unable to make these connections due to the lack of access to multicultural books. Furthermore, part of my role as a teacher is to encourage a community of inclusion and to celebrate diversity. In order to do this, I must be reading books written by and about people of color, differently-abled people, as well as peacemakers from around the world.

The books I have chosen showcase a variety of characters and circumstances to help my students gain more perspective, empathy, and of course, a greater love of reading!

I have carefully selected these books to meet my goal of promoting tolerance and character among my students. Developing a love of reading is one of the greatest gifts I could give my students. Most of my students have few, if any, books at home, so getting books into their hands at school is extra important.

My kiddos and I would truly appreciate your help as we navigate this wonderfully changing and diverse world together. We thank you.

Ms. Brown Katz Dalsey Academy Grades 3-5

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Camden, NJ View local requests

More than a third 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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Overground Railroad • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Familyx92s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Ronaldo: A Boy Who Became A Star. Inspiring children book about Cristiano Ronaldo - one of the best soccer players in history. (Soccer Book For Kids) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $14.64 1 $14.64
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Small in the City • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
Trombone Shorty • Amazon Business $13.66 1 $13.66
Not Quite Snow White • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Truman • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon • Amazon Business $11.88 1 $11.88
Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship • Amazon Business $11.88 1 $11.88
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille • Amazon Business $11.64 1 $11.64
Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Remember Balloons • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Hair Love • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
Let the Children March • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
I Am Perfectly Designed • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $9.39 1 $9.39
The 5 O'Clock Band • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
LeBron James: The Children's Book: The Boy Who Became King • Amazon Business $9.13 1 $9.13
Stephen Curry: The Children's Book: The Boy Who Never Gave Up • Amazon Business $8.47 1 $8.47
Home of the Brave: An American History Book for Kids: 15 Immigrants Who Shaped U.S. History • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Grace Goes to Washington • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Mango, Abuela, and Me • Amazon Business $7.52 1 $7.52
Think Big, Little One (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
A Bike Like Sergio's • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69

Materials cost

$447.21

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$483.92

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.40

Total project goal

$569.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $569.32

2 Donors

-$189.76

Donations toward project cost

-$161.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$28.46

match offer

-$379.55

Match offer toward project cost

-$322.62

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.93

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