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Mrs. Lester from Johnson City, TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Build Diversity in Our School Library!

Help me give my students diversity in their books to feel like they have characters that represent them!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Lester's classroom raised $696

This project is fully funded

My Project

This project is to help bring more diversity into our school library! As a K-12 library that serves over 600 students we have a wide variety of age ranges checking out from our school library! I have selected books from all different age ranges in this project to help students in all grades represented.

Students feeling like they have a character in a story that they can identify with and connect with, is so important.

It is important for students to feel seen, to be seen, and to feel represented in all aspects of their school and home life! This project will update and add so many new amazing books to our school library! These books will help everyone feel connected and celebrated!

Mrs. Lester University School Grades 6-8 Johnson City, TN View local requests 600 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Nadia & Nadir (Set of 6) • Amazon Business $59.70 1 $59.70
Betty Before X • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Top Story (Front Desk #5) • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Sewing the Rainbow: A Story About Gilbert Baker • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Key Player (Front Desk #4) • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship (The Proudest Blue, 2) • Amazon Business $15.84 1 $15.84
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Maya’s Song • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Braid Girls • Amazon Business $14.30 1 $14.30
Big • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
Your Name Is a Song • Amazon Business $13.80 1 $13.80
Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies (DK Children's Timelines) • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
The Loud Librarian • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
You Will Do Great Things • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
I Am Every Good Thing • Amazon Business $12.85 1 $12.85
Three Keys (Front Desk #2) • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
The Proudest Color • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Soul Food Sunday • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Eyes That Speak to the Stars • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Show the World! • Amazon Business $12.14 1 $12.14
Milo Imagines the World • Amazon Business $12.09 1 $12.09
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Room to Dream (Front Desk #3) • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
How to Read a Book • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Stacey’s Extraordinary Words • Amazon Business $11.27 1 $11.27
Some Girls Do • Amazon Business $11.26 1 $11.26
Standing on Her Shoulders • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Piecing Me Together • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of the Grandmother of Juneteenth • Amazon Business $10.57 1 $10.57
Stacey's Remarkable Books • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The New Baby (Ana & Andrew Set 2) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Dancing at Carnival (Ana & Andrew) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
A Day at the Museum (Ana & Andrew) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
A Snowy Day (Ana & Andrew) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Summer in Savannah (Ana & Andrew) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Family Reunion (Ana & Andrew) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Honoring Heroes (Ana & Andrew) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Home Run (Ana & Andrew) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Martin's Dream (Ana & Andrew) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Planting Peanuts (Ana & Andrew) • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95

Materials cost

$552.79

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.29

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$591.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$104.31

Total project goal

$695.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$695.39

3 Donors

-$689.51

Donations toward project cost

-$586.83

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$102.68

match offer

-$5.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$4.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.88

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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