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Ms. Daphne Werner from Newark, DE is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books With Characters Like Us!

Help me give my students books with characters that are just like them!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Daphne Werner's classroom raised $275

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My Project

It's so important for students to have access to books that they can relate to. If students can find themselves in the characters, settings, and story lines of the books they read, not only does it support their reading and literacy skills, it bolsters their sense of self and identity.

Students need access to books that provide them with "windows and mirrors" - the opportunity to see how others live, and to see themselves in the pages as well.

I'm asking for a collection of books about deaf characters, and teens with additional challenges.

Ms. Daphne Werner Delaware School for the Deaf Grades 9-12

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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

25 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
We've Been There: True Stories, Surprising Insights, and Aha Moments for Adopted Teens • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Sail Me Away Home (Show Me a Sign Trilogy, Book 3) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Cards Against Humanity Family Edition: Glow in The Dark Box • 300-Card Expansion • Amazon Business $17.49 1 $17.49
Good Different • Amazon Business $16.89 1 $16.89
The Sign for Home: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.10 1 $16.10
The Avant-Guards Vol. 2 (2) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Avant-Guards Vol. 3: Down to the Wire • Amazon Business $14.09 1 $14.09
I Was Born for This • Amazon Business $11.01 1 $11.01
Give Me a Sign • Amazon Business $10.87 1 $10.87
How We Roll • Amazon Business $10.55 1 $10.55
Set Me Free (Gold) (Show Me a Sign, Book 2) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Miss Quinces: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $8.92 1 $8.92
You're Welcome, Universe • Amazon Business $8.82 1 $8.82
Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign, Book 1): (Book 1 in the Show Me a Sign Trilogy) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Muffled • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Five Flavors of Dumb • Amazon Business $7.37 1 $7.37

Materials cost

$200.05

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$233.05

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$41.13

Total project goal

$274.18

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$274.18

1 Donor

-$274.18

Donations toward project cost

-$233.05

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.13

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$0.00

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