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Ms. Willis from Starkville, MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Like Me

Help me give my students a set of books where they can see themselves represented.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Willis's classroom raised $842

This project is fully funded

My Project

Many of my students have struggled to find books where they can see character that look like them, talk like them, and do everyday things just like them. I have always made it my goal to have books that represent all of my students in our classroom library.

Recently, a student who is a self-declared nonreader told me, "Miss Willis, this book you gave me, it's like I'm watching a movie, the main character is 17, and I'm 17, he's playing basketball with his friends and they're talking noise on the court--I can see all of it in my head while I'm reading."

That's what it's about. When a book is relatable and well-written, it will pull a reader inside and show them its literary world. It is necessary to read academic texts, but when a student can fall in love with a novel, that is something special to me.

Ms. Willis The Learning Center Grades 9-12

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

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

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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
10 Book Set: Lee & Low Antiracism Collection (grades 3-5 elementary books from underrepresented authors) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $130.00 1 $130.00
7 Book Set: Lee & Low TEEN Mental Health Bundle #1 (ages 13-18) YA Books for Classroom Library - social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $99.00 1 $99.00
5 Book Set: Graphic Novels #2 - Underrepresented Authors (paperback, ages 8-12) - Break, Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch, Four Eyes, Invisible, Duel • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $80.00 1 $80.00
Something to Say (hardcover, ages 8-12) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 2 $34.00
Caste (Adapted for Young Adults) (YA paperback, ages 12+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks - featured Black History books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 2 $32.00
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $26.00 1 $26.00
Thank You, It's An Afro (hardcover) - books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
Black Brother, Black Brother (paperback) x MahoganyBooks - books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes (paperback picture book) - A Latino Book of Concepts series • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 2 $22.00
Wandering Stars: A novel (YA hardcover, Native American voices) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
The First State of Being (hardcover) - 2024 National Book Award longlist • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
Good Things - social emotional learning, grief, love & loss (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks - Adapted for Young People (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Homegoing (paperback, YA ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks (award-winning historical fiction) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell (paperback, autobiography, YA ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
Abuela, Don't Forget Me (YA paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89

Materials cost

$631.89

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $44.23

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$715.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$126.28

Total project goal

$841.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $841.88

7 Donors

-$417.64

Donations toward project cost

-$360.61

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.03

Matching donations from our partners

-$417.63

Match offers toward project cost

-$354.99

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.61

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