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Mr. Williams from Memphis TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Books for Diverse Students

Help me give my students the books that they are actually reading. They are reading graphic novels nonstop, so I am trying to get as many as I can for them to read.

  • $264 goal

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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

The late Rita Pierson said, "Every child deserves a champion -- an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists they become the best that they possibly can be."

My students are MY champions.

This diverse group of inner-city fifth graders never give up on themselves or their learning, and they demand the best from themselves. They have their days where a task seems too challenging at first, but through their perseverance, they discover on their own that they can most definitely handle it. These moments of discovery are happening more and more in my classroom. Every day, these students discover just how powerful they are.

My Project

Students' interests are changing, and our classroom libraries need to change with them. That is not a knock on classic children's literature like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or Charlotte's Web, but students are not picking up those books.... yet. We have to get our students to fall in love with reading, and for that to be possible, our libraries need books that students actually want to read.

Students need books filled with characters that look like them.

The world has finally woken up to the injustice of poor racial representation in the books our students are reading. Not only do we need books that students want to read, but we also need books that represent our students. That will make reading much more impactful.

Mr. Williams
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amulet #1-8 Box Set • Amazon Business $62.99 1 $62.99
El Deafo: The Superpowered Edition • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Sanity & Tallulah (Sanity & Tallulah, 1) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Shortcuts (Sanity & Tallulah, 3) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Long Haul (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #9) • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women (Classic Graphic Remix, 1) • Amazon Business $9.14 1 $9.14
Field Trip (Sanity & Tallulah, 2) • Amazon Business $8.81 1 $8.81
Old School (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #10) • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
Nat Enough: A Graphic Novel (Nat Enough #1) (1) • Amazon Business $8.01 1 $8.01
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Crossover (Graphic Novel) (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 14) • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75
As Brave As You • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
The Last Kids on Earth: June's Wild Flight • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Ghost (1) (Track) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$191.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$224.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$39.54

Total project goal

$263.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $263.61

8 Donors

-$254.79

Donations toward project cost

-$224.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.72

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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