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Ms. Martinez from Newport News, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Around the World in 30 Books

Help me give my students books that represent and celebrate different cultures around the world!

  • $514 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

Cultural representation and celebration is so important. I want to start a new unit where we read books from around the world to compare them to our own culture as well as understand the why behind other cultures. I hope to develop a classroom full of kids who celebrate diversity and different cultures.

My students love to learn about geography, what better way than to also teach them about the people that live there.

American education isn't always inclusive of other cultures and its important that we understand and celebrate the fact that we are different. As we learn about these different cultures we will also track where we are talking about on the map each time we start a new book!

Ms. Martinez
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Ten Cents a Pound • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
Christmas from Heaven: The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber • Amazon Business $18.03 1 $18.03
Manjhi Moves a Mountain • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Islandborn • Amazon Business $17.35 1 $17.35
Four Feet, Two Sandals • Amazon Business $16.45 1 $16.45
Sophie Scott Goes South • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina / Stolen Words (Cree and English Edition) • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
A Walk in Paris • Amazon Business $14.63 1 $14.63
Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai (Frances Foster Books) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Library Bus • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Malala's Magic Pencil • Amazon Business $12.72 1 $12.72
Her Right Foot (American History Books for Kids, American History for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Festival of Colors • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Fishing with Grandma • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $11.78 1 $11.78
Fiona's Lace • Amazon Business $11.44 1 $11.44
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut • Amazon Business $10.64 1 $10.64
A Ticket Around the World (updated edition) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Along the Tapajós • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Mulan: The Story of the Legendary Warrior Told in English and Chinese • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Dia de Los Muertos • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Matchbox Diary • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Young Reader's Edition • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
This Is How We Do It (international pb): One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$396.82

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$436.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.08

Total project goal

$513.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $513.84

6 Donors

-$488.84

Donations toward project cost

-$415.51

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.33

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

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