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Mrs. Launiu from Kansas City, MO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Characters Like Me! (Multicultural Books)

Help me give my students a mixture of fiction and non-fiction multicultural books that contain strong, inspirational characters that they can relate to.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Launiu's classroom raised $799

This project is fully funded

My Students

The universe is a conglomeration of unique planets and stars arranged into galaxies and solar systems that are awe-inspiring! My 19 students are the same: constantly moving, shifting, and growing into beings that come together to form something beautiful.

The kindergarten students in my school district come from a wonderful variety of cultures and backgrounds.

Throughout the year we learn about each other's family traditions, special holidays and celebrate them. Despite their wonderful differences, the students need to know they belong and are loved in our classroom. We are a team working together toward the same goals.

I look forward to creating an atmosphere that fosters acceptance and collaboration for these wonderful kindergarten minds.

My Project

The children that walk into these hallways every day are from all different backgrounds and all have a different story to tell. Although they are all so different, they are also very much the same. They are a community and it is their differences that are what connect them. They share a love and respect for one another and use their differences as a thriving force.

My students would love to be able to find literature in our library that they can mirror themselves in, connect with their community, and the world around them.

My hope is for my students to build knowledge of the world around them as well as to add fun to their lives. These books encourage reading about important people in the world and engage the students in learning about cultures besides their own.

Mrs. Launiu Ervin Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

19 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Once Upon a World Collection: Snow White; Cinderella; Rapunzel; The Princess and the Pea • Amazon Business $23.18 1 $23.18
Vashti Harrison Boxed Set • Amazon Business $22.48 1 $22.48
The Adventures of Little Miss Crazy Hair: The Girl with Curl • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Hello Atlas: Download the free app to hear more than 100 different languages • Amazon Business $17.37 1 $17.37
I Just Want to Say Good Night • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
The Library Book • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Viva Frida (Morales, Yuyi) • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
A World of Cookies for Santa: Follow Santa's Tasty Trip Around the World • Amazon Business $16.14 1 $16.14
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $16.14 1 $16.14
Beauty and the Beast • Amazon Business $15.17 1 $15.17
If Kids Ran the World • Amazon Business $15.12 1 $15.12
A Sister With A Disability Is A Sister With A Superpower (The Sister Keepers) (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Beautiful, Wonderful, Strong Little Me! • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World • Amazon Business $14.72 1 $14.72
What If... • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina • Amazon Business $14.26 1 $14.26
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $14.24 1 $14.24
'Twas Nochebuena • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
The Word Collector • Amazon Business $14.16 1 $14.16
The Quiet Place • Amazon Business $13.58 1 $13.58
A Sweet Passover • Amazon Business $13.56 1 $13.56
Marisol McDonald and the Clash Bash: Marisol McDonald y la fiesta sin igual (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.16 1 $13.16
Home • Amazon Business $13.12 1 $13.12
We Are All Unique And Meaningful To This World (The Sister Keepers) (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Princess Hair • Amazon Business $12.92 1 $12.92
Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
Ruby's Chinese New Year • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
Lucia the Luchadora • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions • Amazon Business $11.86 1 $11.86
Lucia the Luchadora and the Million Masks • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
The Jones Family Express • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
I Like Myself! • Amazon Business $10.84 1 $10.84
Looking for Lord Ganesh • Amazon Business $10.51 1 $10.51
The Voice of an Island (The Voices of Future Generations International Children’s Book Series) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Grandma's Records (Rise and Shine) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Mixed Me! • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Miss Tizzy (Aladdin Picture Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Ruby's Wish • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Brothers of the Knight (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Chocolate Me! • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Happy in Our Skin • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Little Mermaid (Once Upon a World) • Amazon Business $7.96 1 $7.96
Niño Wrestles the World • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
The Princess and the Pea • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Twelve Dancing Princesses • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Riley Can Be Anything • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Dear Juno (Picture Puffins) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Too Many Tamales • Amazon Business $6.58 1 $6.58

Materials cost

$639.43

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$679.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$119.83

Total project goal

$798.85

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $798.85

11 Donors

-$648.26

Donations toward project cost

-$560.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.24

match offer

-$140.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$119.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.59

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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