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Ms. Smith from Fairfax, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Books to Give Kids Mirrors and Windows

Help me give my students diverse children's books like "Fry Bread", "Jabari Jumps", and "Pink is for Boys". They need books about people of color, gender diversity, and other kinds of diversity as well.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Smith's classroom raised $473

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My Students

My school is a multi-age public charter school with groups configured into TK/Kindergarten/First, Second/Third, and Fourth/Fifth grade classes, for a total of 8 classes serving 195 students.

We have the most culturally and ethnically diverse community of any school in our area, including a wide range of socio-economic levels.

Our students are active and like to play outside. They love to engage in Music and Art classes, as well as Spanish and P.E. They love to spend time with their Buddy Families, combining younger and older kids across the school. Our kids really love to share stories - stories about adventures and challenges, adversity and triumph.

My Project

I am creating a collection of books to be shared by our 8 classroom teachers, for all of us to read with our students. The stories will be available to all 195 of our children, ages 4 to 11.

These books will encourage conversations about equity, diversity, and inclusion.

In elementary school, this is what social justice looks like: “mirrors and windows”. Mirrors for kids to see themselves represented in stories, and windows to see into the stories of others who are different from them. Feeling the feelings of others, and knowing that we are all more alike than we are different.

Ms. Smith Ross Valley Charter School Grades PreK-2 Fairfax, CA View local requests

More than a third 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

195 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
10,000 Dresses • Amazon Business $15.26 1 $15.26
Be Bold! Be Brave! 11 Latinas who made U.S. History (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.16 1 $15.16
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists) • Amazon Business $14.87 1 $14.87
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story • Amazon Business $14.64 1 $14.64
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity • Amazon Business $13.43 1 $13.43
Annie's Plaid Shirt • Amazon Business $13.27 1 $13.27
Not Quite Snow White • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Freedom Soup • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Neither • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things) • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Except When They Don't • Amazon Business $12.84 1 $12.84
Some People Do (The Some People Children's Series) • Amazon Business $12.65 1 $12.65
We Are Family • Amazon Business $12.44 1 $12.44
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $12.26 1 $12.26
I Can't Do That, YET: Growth Mindset • Amazon Business $11.81 1 $11.81
Hair Love • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
What Can You Do with a Paleta? (Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award) • Amazon Business $10.95 1 $10.95
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Introducing Teddy: A gentle story about gender and friendship • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Poverty and Hunger (Children in Our World) • Amazon Business $9.36 1 $9.36
Global Conflict (Children In Our World) • Amazon Business $9.26 1 $9.26
Refugees and Migrants (Children in Our World) • Amazon Business $7.78 1 $7.78
Racism and Intolerance (Children In Our World) • Amazon Business $7.77 1 $7.77
Mango, Abuela, and Me • Amazon Business $7.52 1 $7.52
Lola at the Library (Lola Reads) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
I Love My Hair! • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99

Materials cost

$335.93

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $30.74

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$401.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.89

Total project goal

$472.60

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $472.60

8 Donors

-$353.80

Donations toward project cost

-$300.73

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.07

match offer

-$118.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$100.98

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.82

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