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Mrs. H. from Portsmouth VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Celebrating the Holidays With Picture Books

Help me give my students new picture books celebrating diverse holidays throughout the year.

  • $572 goal

This project expired on March 29, 2022.

This project expired on March 29, 2022.

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

My students come from a diverse community made up of both low-income and military families. Many of them qualify for free and reduced-price lunch. What they all have in common is a desire to learn and succeed!

The school serves PK through 6th grade students who are eager to learn and succeed.

I want my media center to be a place where students can come to explore and learn in a positive way. They deserve materials that are of high quality and high interest to engage them and motivate them to be the best they can be.

My Project

Many of my students come from very diverse backgrounds where many different holidays are celebrated. In my quest to create a diverse library for our students, I realized that our current picture book collection does not really reflect this diversity.

Your donation will help my students have new picture books that reflect a variety of holidays celebrated throughout the year by many different cultures.

These books will add to richer discussions of holidays and lead to a greater sense of community in our building. It will also help represent many groups of students that are not really well represented in our current collection.

Mrs. H.
Grades PreK-2

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dream Snow • Amazon Business $18.76 1 $18.76
Presidents' Day • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Room on the Broom • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Archie Celebrates Diwali • Amazon Business $16.92 1 $16.92
I Got the Christmas Spirit • Amazon Business $16.78 1 $16.78
Big Pumpkin • Amazon Business $16.25 1 $16.25
Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story • Amazon Business $15.37 1 $15.37
Shubh Diwali! • Amazon Business $15.18 1 $15.18
Turkey's Eggcellent Easter (Turkey Trouble, 4) • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Snowmen at Halloween • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
How to Trap a Leprechaun (Magical Creatures and Crafts) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
A Crankenstein Valentine • Amazon Business $13.80 1 $13.80
A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
Love Is My Favorite Thing • Amazon Business $12.31 1 $12.31
Grace for President (Grace Series, 1) • Amazon Business $12.22 1 $12.22
Duck for President (A Click Clack Book) • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Pete the Cat's Groovy Guide to Love • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Duck and Hippo The Secret Valentine (Duck and Hippo, 4) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! (The Food Group) • Amazon Business $10.35 1 $10.35
Hanukkah Bear • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Clover! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon Business $10.11 1 $10.11
Pinkalicious: Pink or Treat!: Includes Cards, a Fold-Out Poster, and Stickers! • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
How to Catch the Easter Bunny • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky (The Food Group) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Pete the Cat: Valentine's Day Is Cool • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
Little Blue Truck's Valentine • Amazon Business $9.36 1 $9.36
Meet the Latkes • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Construction Site on Christmas Night: (Christmas Book for Kids, Children's Book, Holiday Picture Book) (Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Weird But True Halloween: 300 Spooky Facts to Scare You Silly • Amazon Business $7.50 1 $7.50
Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure • Amazon Business $7.46 1 $7.46
Pete the Cat: The Great Leprechaun Chase: Includes 12 St. Patrick's Day Cards, Fold-Out Poster, and Stickers! • Amazon Business $7.17 1 $7.17
Happy Valentine's Day, Curious George • Amazon Business $7.14 1 $7.14
Love from the Crayons • Amazon Business $6.56 1 $6.56

Materials cost

$448.76

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.73

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$485.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.67

Total project goal

$571.16

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