Help me give my students access to a culturally responsive classroom library with three options for cozy, flexible seating!
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Hicks's classroom raised $997
This project is fully funded
My Students
My students are filled with potential, enthusiasm, and are eager to learn all that they can. Every student in our class comes to school brimming with excitement and they always think critically and work to solve problems!
The diverse cultures represented in my classroom is a symbol of what America is intended to be, and I believe it is important for students to see themselves represented in the books that they read.
When students feel represented in literature, in movies, and in music it lights a fire that can never be extinguished.
The Covid-19 pandemic has left students in the 2nd grade to work doubly hard to overcome obstacles, learn complex concepts, and work to decode words. My students love to read, but struggle when they reach their frustration level. Fortunately, my students are resilient and they love coming to school!
My elementary school is part of a larger district, but holds firm to the small school dynamic while serving opportunity youth in the surrounding low socioeconomic neighborhood. Our kids are overcoming barriers each day, and I am amazed by their tenacity and fortitude! I am so thankful to be their teacher.
My Project
I've always dreamed of being able to provide my students with books that represent their culture, physicality, and home life. The books and flexible seating that I've selected for this project respond to social, emotional, cultural, and life needs that must be fostered to grow as students, and individuals.
There is nothing more splendid than getting lost in a book, and it is made easier when the characters' lives, images, and culture match that of the child reading.
Children possess the unequivocal ability to imagine far beyond the constraints of daily life, and I want to provide them with opportunities to see themselves represented in a larger world. I want them to sit in the cozy bean bags, pick up a NEW book from our classroom library, and feel overwhelmed with joy because they feel a kinship with the stories that they read.
The majority of my students come to school because it is a community of care. They know at school they are fed, loved, warm, and appreciated - regardless of what happens when they step off of the bus. It would be a great privilege to see their faces when we have new books that mirror their lives in our classroom.
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
Big Joe Milano, Medium, Gray Plush
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$57.99
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$57.99
Watercress
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$16.99
1
$16.99
Firenze's Light: A Children's Book about Gratitude, Compassion and Self-Appreciation
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$16.94
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$16.94
Pepe and the Parade: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage
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$16.24
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$16.24
My Shadow Is Pink
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$16.23
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$16.23
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity
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$16.19
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$16.19
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
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$15.99
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$15.99
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
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$15.89
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$15.89
Your Name Is a Song
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$15.29
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$15.29
How to Be a Real Man
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$14.99
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$14.99
I Didn't Leave Because of You
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$14.95
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$14.95
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family
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$14.27
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$14.27
Where Is My Dad?
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$13.99
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$13.99
I Am Whole: A Multi-Racial Children's Book Celebrating Diversity, Language, Race and Culture
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$13.85
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$13.85
Jack (Not Jackie)
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$13.80
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$13.80
Stella Brings the Family
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$13.79
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$13.79
I Sang You Down from the Stars
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$13.69
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$13.69
We Are Water Protectors
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$13.63
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$13.63
Courageous History Makers: 11 Women from Latin America Who Changed the World (English and Spanish Edition) (Little Biographies for Bright Minds)
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$13.53
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$13.53
My Magical Feelings
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$13.42
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$13.42
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
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$13.41
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$13.41
Except When They Don't
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$13.30
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$13.30
I Am Human: A Book of Empathy (I Am Books)
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$13.13
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$13.13
What Are Your Words?: A Book About Pronouns
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$13.10
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$13.10
Fatima's Great Outdoors
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$13.00
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$13.00
Fearless Trailblazers: 11 Latinos Who Made U.S. History
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$12.99
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$12.99
How to Fold a Taco: Como Doblar un Taco
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$12.99
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$12.99
Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion
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$12.95
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$12.95
The Friend I Need: Being Kind & Caring to Myself
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$12.95
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$12.95
I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids
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$12.95
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$12.95
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story
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$12.68
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$12.68
You Are Enough: A Book About Inclusion
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$12.58
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$12.58
Every So Often A Zebra Has Spots (The Be Books - Mindful Picture Books for the Whole Family)
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$11.99
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$11.99
The Light Within Me (The Be Books - Mindful Picture Books for the Whole Family)
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$11.99
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$11.99
Bindu's Bindis
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$11.40
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$11.40
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
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$11.33
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$11.33
Luna Lucy
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$10.99
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$10.99
I Am Courage: A Book of Resilience (I Am Books)
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$10.30
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$10.30
Hi, It's Me! I Have ADHD
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$9.99
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$9.99
Black Girl Magic: A Book About Loving Yourself Just the Way You Are.
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$9.99
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$9.99
It's OK to be Different: A Children's Picture Book About Diversity and Kindness
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$9.97
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$9.97
And That's Why She's My Mama
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$9.95
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$9.95
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine)
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$8.95
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$8.95
Black Women in Science: A Black History Book for Kids (Biographies for Kids)
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$8.59
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$8.59
How The Stars Fell Into The Sky: A Navajo Legend (Sandpiper Houghton Mifflin Books)
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$7.99
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$7.99
My Family, Your Family (Cloverleaf Books ™ ― Alike and Different)
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$7.99
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$7.99
Materials cost
$745.09
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$60.72
3rd party payment processing fee
$11.18
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$846.99
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$149.47
Total project goal
$996.46
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$996.46
1 Donor
-$996.46
Donations toward project cost
-$846.99
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