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Ms. Thompson from Memphis, TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books That Look Like Me

Help me give my students a classroom library books full of diversity and hopeful futures.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Thompson's classroom raised $586

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My Project

I am a black teacher that teaches in an urban school within a low income community. My school doesn’t have the funding to provide a school library. As a teacher, I understand the importance of providing students with the opportunity to read. Since my students are predominantly black, I would love the help of building my students a library that is more diverse in their culture. More times than not, I am reading books that does not represent my students ethnicity, gender, culture, and traditions which makes it hard for my students to associate with the messages given and characters portrayed in the book.

I want my students to look in a book and say, “Hey he or she looks like me, and I want to be just like that character when I grow up!” There is so much more that my students can accomplish other than sports.

It is not enough that I say it, but if they can see it in pictures, read in words, then they can dream the endless possibilities of their future successes. By offering my students a culturally diverse classroom library, I am not only building literacy skills, but bright futures for my students.

Ms. Thompson Memphis College Preparatory Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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

Equity Focus

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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Nearly all 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
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • MahoganyBooks $16.19 2 $32.38
Beautiful Curly Me Signed by Author • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $25.00 1 $25.00
A Kids Book About Racism • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Empathy • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Imagination • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Being Inclusive • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Safety • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Climate Change • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Diversity • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Kids Book About Belonging • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Islandborn • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Kamala and Maya's Big Idea • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
Bunheads • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Hello, Star • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Parker Shines On: Another Extraordinary Moment • 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
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO • MahoganyBooks $15.30 1 $15.30
Your Name is a Song • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
An ABC of Equality • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
Like Me Leaders • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
Like Me • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
The ABCs of Black History • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Callaloo A Jazz Folktale • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Brown Boy Joy • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Alvin Ailey • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00

Materials cost

$453.02

Vendor shipping charges

 $8.02

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.80

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$497.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$87.85

Total project goal

$585.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $585.69

5 Donors

-$251.31

Donations toward project cost

-$215.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.20

Matching donations from our partners

-$332.62

Match offers toward project cost

-$282.73

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.89

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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