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Ms. Kiana from Portland, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Ms. Kiana's classroom raised $715

Diverse Books

Help me give my students books that celebrate diversity so that my students can see themselves in the books they read!

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Ms. Kiana Metropolitan Learning Center
Portland, OR Grades 3-5

My Project

Books that celebrate diverse backgrounds, abilities, and families are essential in helping students feel seen, valued, and included. When children see characters who look like them, share their experiences, or come from families like theirs, it builds confidence and belonging. These stories also help all students develop empathy, understanding, and respect for others.

By donating, you’ll help us build a classroom library that reflects the rich diversity of our world, books that inspire, empower, and connect.

Your support means every child can find themselves in a story and feel that they truly belong.

30 students impacted 3 donors
Ms. Kiana Metropolitan Learning Center Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 2 $28.00
My Two Cool Moms • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race (hardcover) - featured Black History picture books for classroom library • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Turning Pages: My Life Story • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Stolen Words • Amazon Business $17.67 1 $17.67
Kapaemahu • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The First Blade of Sweetgrass • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
Finding My Dance • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Kind Like Marsha: Learning from LGBTQ+ Leaders • Amazon Business $14.90 1 $14.90
Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer • Amazon Business $14.60 1 $14.60
Jane Addams Award Book (Awards) - Separate Is Never Equal - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
It's Okay to Ask: A Book about Disabilities • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight: Patsy Takemoto Mink and the Fight for Title IX • Amazon Business $14.31 1 $14.31
Have Pride: An inspirational history of the LGBTQ+ movement • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • Amazon Business $13.62 1 $13.62
Grandad's Pride (A Grandad's Camper LGBTQ Pride Book for Kids in partnership with GLAAD) • Amazon Business $13.32 1 $13.32
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre • Amazon Business $13.04 1 $13.04
Chicano Jr's Day of the Dead Adventure (Chicano Junior series) • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
"I just do it differently!": Believe in yourself and you can do anything! A children's book about disabilities and resilience. Pixie Pug, one of the ... Hannah through some challenging emotions. • Amazon Business $12.53 1 $12.53
Wilma Rudolph: A Kid’s Book About Overcoming Disabilities (Mini Movers and Shakers) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.77 1 $11.77
Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History • Amazon Business $11.62 1 $11.62
Lola Out Loud: Inspired by the Childhood of Activist Dolores Huerta • Amazon Business $11.56 1 $11.56
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family (The Proudest Blue, 1) • Amazon Business $11.13 1 $11.13
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Grandad's Camper (A Grandad's Camper LGBTQ Pride Book for Kids in partnership with GLAAD) • Amazon Business $10.60 1 $10.60
I'm Just Different • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
It's OK to be Different: A Children's Picture Book About Diversity and Kindness • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Uniquely Wired: A Story About Autism and Its Gifts for Kids ages 6-9 • Amazon Business $9.56 1 $9.56
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver • Amazon Business $8.44 1 $8.44
Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa • Amazon Business $7.89 1 $7.89
The Truth About Dragons: (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
The United States v. Jackie Robinson • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind • Amazon Business $7.03 1 $7.03
The Story of Nelson Mandela: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers (The Story of Biographies) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $6.97 1 $6.97
The Story of Katherine Johnson: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers (The Story of Biographies) • Amazon Business $6.35 1 $6.35
Holi Day - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Story of John Lewis: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers (The Story of Biographies) • Amazon Business $5.51 1 $5.51
When I Was Eight • Amazon Business $4.93 1 $4.93
She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller • Amazon Business $4.79 1 $4.79
The Story of Harriet Tubman: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers (The Story of Biographies) • Amazon Business $4.39 1 $4.39
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers (The Story of Biographies) • Amazon Business $4.29 1 $4.29

Materials cost

$568.42

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$606.95

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$107.11

Total project goal

$714.06

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $714.06

1 Donor

-$357.03

Donations toward project cost

-$303.48

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.55

Matching donations from our partners

-$357.02

Match offers toward project cost

-$303.47

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$53.55

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

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 $0.00

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