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Ms. Baker from Shreveport, LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books to Inspire The Love of Reading

Help me give my students access to a diverse and comforting classroom library where they can explore new worlds, build a love of reading, and find healing through books.

  • $432 goal

This project expired on October 4, 2025.

This project expired on October 4, 2025.

My Project

I teach a group of bright and resilient 5th graders. Many of my students live in low income communities and face significant challenges outside the classroom, including exposure to trauma and instability.

School often serves as a safe haven, a place where they can feel supported, valued, and capable.

Despite what they may be going through, my students show up each day.

Ms. Baker Forest Hill Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Shreveport, LA View local requests

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

HBCU Alum 55 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
10 Book Set: Wonder (hardcover book club, ages 8-12) - social emotional learning, Choose Kind empathy, mental health, books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $150.00 1 $150.00
4 Elementary Favorites - Book Set #1 (ages 8-12): Black Boy Joy, Good Kind of Trouble, Stamped For Kids, Hidden Figures Young Readers' x MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $52.00 1 $52.00
4 Book Set: Native American Paperback Book Club (ages 8-12) - The Sea in Winter, We Still Belong, How I Became a Ghost, Ancestor Approved • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $52.00 1 $52.00
Middle School Mayhem: Books 1-4 • Amazon Business $34.75 1 $34.75
The Power in Words: An Empowering Guide to Speaking With Purpose • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
How to Draw Manga & Anime - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10

Materials cost

$305.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $26.76

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$367.19

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.80

Total project goal

$431.99

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