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Ms. Goodwin from Denver CO is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Diverse Books

Help me give my students exposure to book characters that look like them.

  • $219 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students come from a variety of backgrounds but we emphasize honoring our diversity and learning from each other.

We are all in this together.

As second graders, they are actively forming their world view based on what they are exposed to daily. I strive to increase exposure to multiple cultures and to emphasize diversity and equality. Part of belonging to a community is valuing your worth and the worth of others, which requires an open mind and intentional exposure.

My Project

It is important that books open readers to new worlds, but it is just a important that books act as mirrors and provide an opportunity to connect, empathize, and respond. The demographics of my school are shifting and with that emphasizing equality, equity, and open minded approach is integral in teaching the next generation.

Sometimes all it takes is reading a book for a student to feel they belong, they have a place, even if they feel that they are different.

They can begin to understand that in the grand scheme of things, our differences make us stronger. Perhaps now more than ever.

Ms. Goodwin
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $17.62 1 $17.62
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $13.34 1 $13.34
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $13.21 1 $13.21
I Will Be Fierce • Amazon Business $12.75 1 $12.75
When Charley Met Emma • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
Ricky, the Rock that Couldn't Roll (You Rock Group) • Amazon Business $12.24 1 $12.24
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Raise Your Hand • Amazon Business $11.62 1 $11.62
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors • Amazon Business $8.72 1 $8.72
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I Don't Want to Be a Frog • Amazon Business $6.21 1 $6.21

Materials cost

$144.19

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$9.23

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.16

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$185.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$32.75

Total project goal

$218.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$218.33

3 Donors

-$108.00

Donations toward project cost

-$94.80

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$13.20

match offer

-$106.80

Match offer toward project cost

-$90.78

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.02

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.53

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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