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Ms. Cheryl DiMatteo from Los Angeles CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Reflecting My Students!

Help me give my students books that reflect themselves. These books will make great end-of-year gifts!

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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

Please help us give the students at our primary center end-of-year book gifts. It would be wonderful for each student to end the year with a book. We would love to reward each student with a book of high-quality literature at the end of our school year.

The books we would like to give each student would be books with characters that remind them of themselves.

The books we have researched have Latino and African-American main characters. These characters go through experiences that many of our students do.

These books would inspire our students to read over the summer.

Ms. Cheryl DiMatteo
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hair Like Mine (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.06 20 $341.20
Mi Familia: A Mexican American Family (Spanish edition paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 20 $300.00
Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls Rights (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 20 $200.00
Como Yo / Like Me SPANISH Edition (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 20 $200.00
Whistle for Willie (board book) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 20 $143.80

Materials cost

$1,185.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $53.50

Sales tax

 $108.43

3rd party payment processing fee

$17.78

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,394.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$246.13

Total project goal

$1,640.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,640.84

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 $1,640.84

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