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Ms. Pancake from Charlottesville, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Windows and Mirrors: Diverse Stories for Diverse Students

Help me give my students books that reflect the world in which we live.

  • $456 goal

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My Students

I teach at a high needs Title I school, with almost half of the students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. My students work hard and take risks every day in order to grow and progress. They are determined, dedicated, enthusiastic, and engaged. If I had to describe my fifth-grade students in one word, it would be RESILIENT!

Books should mirror the lives of readers and open windows to new worlds.

My students are eager to read stories that deal with issues that they find relevant to their lives. They want to explore identity and experience books with believable characters who look and sound like them.

My Project

My students not only want to read books with characters who look like they do, but are also written by authors of color.

We need more diverse books on our shelves!

Representation is important, and there are many new pictures and young adult books that are available for my students. We need to have greater access to these books and authors and bring them into our classroom.

With the books I am requesting, I'll be able to share diverse stories through our daily read aloud and also place diverse books into my students' hands. These books include characters who have experiences from diverse cultures, backgrounds, families, and disabilities. Community is built in the shared experiences and conversations we have about the books we read. Thanks so much for considering this project!

Ms. Pancake Mountain View Elementary School Grades 3-5

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Charlottesville, VA View local requests

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

36 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Fresh New Face of Griselda • Amazon Business $11.49 8 $91.92
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00
The Good Egg • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Cat Man of Aleppo • Amazon Business $16.29 1 $16.29
Todos Iguales / All Equal: Un Corrido De Lemon Grove/A Ballad of Lemon Grove (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $15.87 1 $15.87
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists) • Amazon Business $14.41 1 $14.41
Lift • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad • Amazon Business $14.03 1 $14.03
Big Papa and the Time Machine • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Carter Reads the Newspaper • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Girl Running • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
My Name Is James Madison Hemings • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Someone New • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Lucia the Luchadora • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Bad Seed • Amazon Business $11.73 1 $11.73
No Truth Without Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $10.38 1 $10.38
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Flor and Miranda Steal the Show • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$351.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.27

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$386.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.25

Total project goal

$455.02

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $455.02

8 Donors

-$330.02

Donations toward project cost

-$280.52

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.50

match offer

-$125.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$106.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.75

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 $0.00

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