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Ms. Trembly from Phoenix, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books to Serve as Windows and Mirrors

Help me give my students books that create windows into others lives and mirrors reflecting their own.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Trembly's classroom raised $1,000

This project is fully funded

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

My students have entered our classroom every morning, ready and eager to learn. These students are bursting with great potential to be our future leaders. They consist of mostly English language learners that attend a low socioeconomic school where over 75% of our families qualify for free breakfast and lunch. This can present challenges but also creates wonderful opportunities. In my classroom, we learn together and from each other.

Books are a tool we use to see glimpses of others' lives or can be used as a mirror to see ourselves represented.

Despite all of the technology these students have assess to, there is nothing that captivates like a picture book at story time. I have comprised books that I see my students represented in, their challenges, and their celebrations. I have also found a few of their favorites, along with more in those series. I a so excited for the opportunity to have all of these brand new books in my space and in the hands of students who deserve the world.

Ms. Trembly Sahuaro Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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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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
Three Cheers for Girls - Rainbow Bright Canopy - Rainbow Bed Canopy for Girls - Hanging Net Canopy for Beds, Chairs & Reading Corners - 8’ Height & 24’ Diameter Hoop - for Ages 6+ • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
I Am Whole: A Multi-Racial Children's Book Celebrating Diversity, Language, Race and Culture • Amazon Business $13.85 2 $27.70
A Little SPOT of Emotion 8 Plush Toys with Feelings Book Box Set • Amazon Business $25.08 1 $25.08
There Is No Big Bad Wolf In This Story • Amazon Business $20.63 1 $20.63
Mommy's Khimar • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Families, Families, Families! • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Dino-Thanksgiving (Dino-Holidays) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Black Is a Rainbow Color • Amazon Business $16.91 1 $16.91
Let's Celebrate Diwali • Amazon Business $16.33 1 $16.33
Our World Is a Family: Our Community Can Change the World • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Shubh Diwali! • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Tough Cookie: A Christmas Story • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Gingerbread Man Loose on the Fire Truck (The Gingerbread Man Is Loose) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
The Gingerbread Man Loose at The Zoo (The Gingerbread Man Is Loose) • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
The Little Red Fort (Little Ruby’s Big Ideas) • Amazon Business $13.88 1 $13.88
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $13.11 1 $13.11
'Twas Nochebuena • Amazon Business $13.00 1 $13.00
The Gingerbread Girl • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Your Name Is a Song • Amazon Business $12.83 1 $12.83
The Recess Queen • Amazon Business $12.76 1 $12.76
Not a Stick • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Saturday at the Food Pantry • Amazon Business $12.31 1 $12.31
Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards)) • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
A Letter From Your Teacher: On the First Day of School • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
My Teacher Can Teach... Anyone! • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
How to Catch a Turkey • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Groundhug Day • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Soulful Holidays: An inclusive rhyming story celebrating the joys of Christmas and Kwanzaa • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Not a Box • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Gingerbread Man and the Leprechaun Loose at School (The Gingerbread Man Is Loose) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas (The Gingerbread Man Is Loose) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Snowmen at Work • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Crayon Box that Talked • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
The World Needs More Purple People (My Purple World) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Julián Is a Mermaid • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Pete the Cat: Valentine's Day Is Cool • Amazon Business $9.88 1 $9.88
All Because You Matter • Amazon Business $9.71 1 $9.71
The King of Kindergarten • Amazon Business $9.15 1 $9.15
I Am Love: A Book of Compassion (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $9.11 1 $9.11
Red and Green and Blue and White • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Gingerbread Man 2: What Happened Later? • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell: Learning About Your Five Senses (The Amazing Body) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings (Growing Hearts) • Amazon Business $8.88 1 $8.88
Hair Love • Amazon Business $8.76 1 $8.76
Turkey Goes to School (Turkey Trouble) • Amazon Business $8.39 1 $8.39
Duncan the Story Dragon • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Turkey Trouble • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Hanukkah Bear • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Gregory, the Terrible Eater (Scholastic Bookshelf) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Chicks and Salsa • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Amazon Business $7.28 1 $7.28
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Love Is My Favorite Thing • Amazon Business $7.18 1 $7.18
Hug Machine • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Pete the Cat: The First Thanksgiving • Amazon Business $6.10 1 $6.10
Love from the Crayons • Amazon Business $5.24 1 $5.24
Latke, the Lucky Dog • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
The Biggest Valentine Ever • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
Meeting Mimi: A Story About Different Abilities, Guided Reading Level F (Playing and Learning Together) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99
The Littlest Valentine (Littlest Series) • Amazon Business $3.78 1 $3.78
We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street) (Pictureback(R)) • Amazon Business $3.30 1 $3.30

Materials cost

$754.32

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$53.93

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.31

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$849.56

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.92

Total project goal

$999.48

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$999.48

1 Donor

-$999.48

Donations toward project cost

-$849.56

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.92

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$0.00

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