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Ms. Talbot from Miami, FL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Creating a Classroom Library That Is Diverse and Empowering

Help me give my students new books written by authors who are people of color and/or representative of different races and cultures.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Talbot's classroom raised $645

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school is a hidden gem. We like to call it “the best school in the universe!” Our students live up to our motto daily; they love to work hard and show how they are “the best students in the universe!” For the 2020-2021 school year, I am hopeful that I will be given the opportunity to move up to 2nd grade with my previous cohort of 1st grade students. We, as a classroom family, are very excited for this potential transition! My students and their families are a very tight-knit bunch who often spend their evenings and weekends together celebrating birthdays and playing sports. My class is composed of two Filipino students, five Latinx students, one Hispanic student, and thirteen Black students.

My students and their families bring a lot of diversity and different experiences to our classroom.

The kiddos are extremely loving, curious, creative, and full of questions (as are most 6 and 7 year olds)! They enjoy diving into discussions and sharing their opinions with their peers. They truly are an incredible group, and I look forward to hopefully being able to spend another year learning and growing with them.

My Project

In order to expose my students to authors and characters of color and different cultures, I have created a “wish list” of picture books.

Reading books that are representative of my students’ races and cultures will not only allow my students to feel seen, valued, and empowered, but also it will allow students to gain insight into other races, our collective histories, and inequalities.

Reading these picture books will spark dialogue and open up a safe space for my students to ask challenging questions.

My students’ favorite time of the day is “enrichment” when they sit on our large, blue carpet and relax while I read aloud a story. After we read a story, my students love to share their opinions and discuss the content of the books they listened to. Any contribution to our classroom library will assist us as we embark on this journey into being race-conscious community members.

Ms. Talbot Phyllis R Miller Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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.

Miami, FL View local requests

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

21 students impacted 10donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
I Believe I Can • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
All Because You Matter • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Sulwe • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad • Amazon Business $14.87 1 $14.87
Hey Black Child • Amazon Business $14.78 1 $14.78
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom • Amazon Business $14.24 1 $14.24
Be Kind • Amazon Business $13.97 1 $13.97
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $13.84 1 $13.84
The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Trombone Shorty • Amazon Business $13.66 1 $13.66
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $13.28 1 $13.28
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Waiting for the Biblioburro • Amazon Business $12.84 1 $12.84
Islandborn • Amazon Business $12.84 1 $12.84
Same, Same But Different • Amazon Business $12.74 1 $12.74
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $12.41 1 $12.41
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
My Hair is a Garden • Amazon Business $12.09 1 $12.09
Mae Among the Stars • Amazon Business $12.07 1 $12.07
Hand Over Hand • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Most Magnificent Thing • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $11.53 1 $11.53
I Like Myself! • Amazon Business $11.18 1 $11.18
Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Willie Wins • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Carmela Full of Wishes • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $10.74 1 $10.74
Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration • Amazon Business $8.53 1 $8.53
The Dreamer • Amazon Business $8.26 1 $8.26
Spork • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.57 1 $7.57
Think Big, Little One (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
The Colors of Us • Amazon Business $7.50 1 $7.50
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $6.97 1 $6.97

Materials cost

$510.33

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.65

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$547.98

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$96.70

Total project goal

$644.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $644.68

1 Donor

-$322.34

Donations toward project cost

-$280.74

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.60

match offer

-$314.40

Match offer toward project cost

-$267.24

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$47.16

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.94

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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