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Book Characters Like Me!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. C's classroom raised $512
This project is fully funded
My Project
My students range from preschool to eighth grade and come from all over the world. They are eager to learn and grow. Many books that I use to teach social-emotional learning don’t have characters that have their skin, hair, family traditions, culture, and the list goes on. Many books are outdated and have harmful stereotypes.
I’d like my students to feel represented in the books I use to teach them to love themselves. It’s time for an update and to validate that we all have a place in the world because of our differences not despite them.
This classroom project was brought to life by Dollar General Literacy Foundation
and 14 other donors.
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Where Your Donation Goes
Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
The Salvaged Sawhorse - Kids' Positive Affirmation Cards
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$35.00
1
$35.00
Beautiful Curly Me Signed by Author
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$25.00
1
$25.00
A Kids Book About Racism
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$20.00
1
$20.00
The Year We Learned to Fly
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$20.00
1
$20.00
A Kids Book About Belonging
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$20.00
1
$20.00
Cemetery Boys
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$19.00
1
$19.00
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
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$19.00
1
$19.00
Calvin
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$18.00
1
$18.00
Be Bold Be Brave 11 Latinas Who Made US History
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$18.00
1
$18.00
How to Fold a Taco
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$18.00
1
$18.00
Jabari Tries
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$17.00
1
$17.00
The Proudest Blue A Story of Hijab and Family
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$17.00
1
$17.00
Something Happened in Our Town A Childs Story About Racial Injustice
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$15.00
1
$15.00
Fry Bread A Native American Family Story
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$15.00
1
$15.00
Like Me
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$14.00
1
$14.00
Islandborn
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$12.00
1
$12.00
My Brown Skin
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$11.00
1
$11.00
Brown Boy Joy
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$11.00
1
$11.00
The ABCs of Black History
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$10.00
1
$10.00
The Name Jar
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$9.00
1
$9.00
The Invisible String
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$9.00
1
$9.00
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr
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$9.00
1
$9.00
The Story of Ruby Bridges
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$9.00
1
$9.00
The Story of Simone Biles
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$9.00
1
$9.00
Esperanza Rising
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$8.00
1
$8.00
Feyi Fay and the Case of the Mysterious Madam Koi Koi Volume 1
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$7.00
1
$7.00
Materials cost
$394.00
Vendor shipping charges
$5.00
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$5.91
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$434.91
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$76.75
Total project goal
$511.66
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$511.66
-$257.80
Donations toward project cost
-$225.13
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$32.67
-$246.80
Match offers toward project cost
-$209.78
Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$37.02
Excluded support for DonorsChoose
-$7.06
Still needed
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