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Mrs. Griffin from Nashville, TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Diverse Library for Diverse Learners!

Help me give my students books with characters that look like them and will help them to develop social and emotional skills to tackle life's challenges!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Griffin's classroom raised $483

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are kiddos who have a passion for growing friendships and learning all they can! We are a Title I school where the majority of our students receive free or reduced-price lunch. We love learning alongside one another!

The students who enter my classroom are already behind their more affluent peers in reading.

We are committed to growing our brains and we want to see ourselves within the materials and curriculum we use every day! My kids love exploring and stretching their schema to learn more about the world around them. The students and parents are enthusiastic about learning​ but do not have the tools (books, writing utensils, etc.) to work on reading and writing outside of school. With a longer school day, longer school year, and strategic planning, my students will make significant gains to leave first grade reading on grade level. I can't wait to see what they will do as they move along their educational journeys!

My Project

My first-grade students love learning, most especially reading! I want to choose books that will help them develop social-emotional skills for their life toolbox! We will use these books as a part of the classroom library to help connect to our real-world practice!

I teach a diverse community of students and I want our classroom to have books in our library that reflect what my kids look and sound like.

These additional books (both fiction and non-fiction) will help catch the eye of the children in my classroom. My kiddos and I would be so grateful for your help!

Mrs. Griffin East End Preparatory School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nashville, TN 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
Four Feet, Two Sandals • Amazon Business $18.00 1 $18.00
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $14.04 1 $14.04
The Bad Seed • Amazon Business $13.66 1 $13.66
Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning) • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Harriet Tubman (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $11.96 1 $11.96
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $11.15 1 $11.15
Maria Montessori (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $10.91 1 $10.91
Mahatma Gandhi (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $10.91 1 $10.91
Wilma Rudolph (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $10.91 1 $10.91
Dolly Parton (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $10.91 1 $10.91
The Good Egg • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $10.63 1 $10.63
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $10.48 1 $10.48
Mother Teresa (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $10.34 1 $10.34
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.30 1 $10.30
Mixed Me! • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
Muhammad Ali (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $9.68 1 $9.68
Miami Gets It Straight (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) • Amazon Business $4.78 2 $9.56
Coco Chanel (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $8.81 1 $8.81
Another Brooklyn: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Maya Angelou (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $8.67 1 $8.67
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Rosa Parks (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $8.22 1 $8.22
Emi's Curly Coily, Cotton Candy Hair • Amazon Business $8.15 1 $8.15
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
One Crazy Summer • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Princess Hair • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
The Sandwich Swap • Amazon Business $7.58 1 $7.58
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.53 1 $7.53
Shades of People • Amazon Business $7.30 1 $7.30
Sophie Washington: Queen of the Bee (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sleepover Scientist #3 (Jada Jones) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sophie Washington: The Snitch (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Amelia Earhart (Little People, BIG DREAMS) • Amazon Business $6.33 1 $6.33
Miami Jackson Makes the Play (A Stepping Stone Book) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Jaden Toussaint, the Greatest Episode 1: The Quest for Screen Time • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Yasmin the Superhero • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Meet Yasmin! • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Miami Jackson Sees It Through (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Yasmin the Fashionista • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Yasmin the Teacher • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Yasmin the Zookeeper • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$374.65

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$410.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.40

Total project goal

$482.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $482.67

3 Donors

-$242.00

Donations toward project cost

-$205.70

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.30

match offer

-$240.67

Match offer toward project cost

-$204.57

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.10

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