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Ms. Effie from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Windows and Mirrors: We Need Diverse Books

Help me give my students a classroom library filled with books that are representative of all identities.

  • $883 goal

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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

It's 8:25 and the students are buzzing around the classroom. The energy and excitement for the day ahead are palpable.

Our class is made up of 29 third graders who, above all else, love learning.

Whether it is reading, math, writing, social studies, or science, my students are ready to absorb and analyze new information. They learn mostly from one another as diversity permeates our classroom. This is evidenced both by the cultural, ethnic, racial, religious, linguistic and socio-economic backgrounds of the students as well as their unique interests.

My Project

Book clubs are an integral part of the third grade year. In book clubs, students have the opportunity to collaborate with their peers by reading a shared text and engaging in discussion. Through conversation, students are able to further their understanding of complex plot structure, multi-dimensional characters, and underlying themes.

Well-written, contemporary, and diverse novels are needed to engage and motivate students, strengthening both their comprehension skills and their desire to read.

However, our current selection for book clubs is outdated and overwhelmingly features white male characters. Studies continuously reassert the many benefits of a diverse classroom library, namely its importance in expanding the worldview and perspective of students.

Literature is a great tool that will help my students build substantive knowledge about the world, whether that means using a novel as a window to learn about the culture of others or a mirror to further explore one's own identity. My students deserve access to texts that feature characters of diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds to not only develop as readers, but most importantly, as people.

Ms. Effie PS 110 Florence Nightingale Grades 3-5

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

29 students impacted 15donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The First Rule of Punk • Amazon Business $8.99 6 $53.94
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu • Amazon Business $7.99 6 $47.94
Mascot • Amazon Business $7.18 6 $43.08
The Year of the Book (An Anna Wang novel) • Amazon Business $6.99 6 $41.94
Dancing Home • Amazon Business $6.98 6 $41.88
Amina's Voice • Amazon Business $7.99 5 $39.95
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Spirit Week Showdown • Amazon Business $6.48 6 $38.88
The Friendship Code #1 (Girls Who Code) • Amazon Business $6.00 6 $36.00
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 1: The Quest for Screen Time • Amazon Business $5.99 6 $35.94
Lola Levine Is Not Mean! • Amazon Business $5.99 6 $35.94
Nikki and Deja: Wedding Drama • Amazon Business $5.99 6 $35.94
Trivia Queen, Third Grade Supreme (Ruby and the Booker Boys #2) • Amazon Business $5.99 6 $35.94
Dog Days: The Carver Chronicles, Book One • Amazon Business $5.99 6 $35.94
Sophie Washington: Queen of the Bee • Amazon Business $6.99 5 $34.95
Stella Diaz Has Something to Say • Amazon Business $5.76 6 $34.56
Front Desk (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $5.00 6 $30.00
Sarai and the Meaning of Awesome (Sarai #1) • Amazon Business $4.79 6 $28.74
A Boy Called Bat • Amazon Business $4.50 5 $22.50
Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen • Amazon Business $2.99 6 $17.94
President of the Whole Fifth Grade (President Series) • Amazon Business $3.50 5 $17.50

Materials cost

$709.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$750.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.38

Total project goal

$882.52

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $882.52

16 Donors

-$842.81

Donations toward project cost

-$750.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$92.67

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$39.71

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