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Mrs. Fowler from La Puente, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Books That Represent Us

Help me give my students diverse books in which they are represented in.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Fowler's classroom raised $633

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

I have an energetic group of students who get to school every day full of life, ready to learn, and excited for what is in store for them that day. I teach at a Title I school where the majority of our students receive free breakfast and lunch.

My students are eager to learn and try their best.

I am hoping to provide my students with what they need most! I want to make sure my students have equal access to everything they need to be successful!

My Project

Diverse books are needed now more than ever in our classrooms. My project contains a great selection of books that will represent all of my students. I want to make sure the characters in the books I selected portray their lives and experiences. These books also are relevant to the lives of my students!

These materials depict the variety of ethnic, racial and cultural groups in my classrooom and will affirm the identities of my diverse students.

Our world is beautiful and diverese and as a teacher I want to make sure to share that beauty in my calssroom.

Mrs. Fowler Villacorta Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

La Puente, CA View local requests

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

32 students impacted 9donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Jelly Donut Difference: Sharing Kindness with the World • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
Beautiful, Wonderful, Strong Little Me! • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Giant Steps to Change the World • Amazon Business $14.82 1 $14.82
We Are Water Protectors • Amazon Business $14.68 1 $14.68
The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle (CitizenKid) • Amazon Business $14.43 1 $14.43
Bilal Cooks Daal • Amazon Business $14.33 1 $14.33
What If... • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $13.92 1 $13.92
Bookjoy, Wordjoy • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Heather Has Two Mommies • Amazon Business $13.84 1 $13.84
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Rainbow: A First Book of Pride • Amazon Business $13.44 1 $13.44
Izzy Gizmo • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Piñata That the Farm Maiden Hung • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Have I Ever Told You? • Amazon Business $12.61 1 $12.61
A New Home • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
The Empty Pot • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Out of This World: The Surreal Art of Leonora Carrington • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $11.97 1 $11.97
Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
A Tear in the Ocean • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
I Will Be Fierce • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
Superheroes Are Everywhere • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter • Amazon Business $11.26 1 $11.26
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Skin Again • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
The World Needs More Purple People • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Dress Like a Girl • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Lubna and Pebble • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
Isabella: Artist Extraordinaire • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$459.00

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$42.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$537.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.92

Total project goal

$632.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$632.80

6 Donors

-$473.46

Donations toward project cost

-$428.69

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.77

Matching donations from our partners

-$128.46

Match offers toward project cost

-$109.19

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.88

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$0.00

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