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Mrs. Holton from San Diego, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Beautiful Black Books

Help me give my students books they can read celebrating the African American experience.

  • $436 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.

My Project

It is very important for all children to be positively seen and heard. Traditionally, this has not been the case for certain segments of our population. This project is a collection of beautiful stories about Black children and their experiences. It allows the young reader to see and read wonderful tales of children just like themselves.

More importantly, it is a celebration of African American children for all to embrace and learn from.

Black children will see themselves in the stories. Black children will be favorably represented. We will all benefit from these magical stories.

Please help me bring these books into my first grade class for the children to share.

Mrs. Holton Rolando Park Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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San Diego, CA View local requests

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

18 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Day You Begin • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
Kamala and Maya's Big Idea • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
I Am Enough • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
I Believe I Can • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Change Sings • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Ambitious Girl • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Bunheads • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
M Is for Melanin A Celebration of the Black Child • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Black is a Rainbow Color • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Sulwe • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Parker Shines On: Another Extraordinary Moment • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Hello, Star • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Hair Love • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO • MahoganyBooks $15.30 1 $15.30
Your Name is a Song • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
One Love • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$302.25

Vendor shipping charges

$5.67

Sales tax

$27.66

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$370.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$65.31

Total project goal

$435.42

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$435.42

4 Donors

-$143.96

Donations toward project cost

-$125.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.59

match offer

-$287.93

Match offer toward project cost

-$244.74

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.19

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

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$0.00

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