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Ms. Covan from Youngstown, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Books

Help me give my students a classroom library rich with culturally responsive, diverse, and inclusive stories.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Covan's classroom raised $161

This project is fully funded

My Project

My students are curious, thoughtful, and growing into their voices. They come from many different cultural backgrounds, speak multiple languages, and bring unique perspectives into our classroom every day. What they often don't see? Themselves in the books they read.

Too many classroom libraries rely on the same few titles—books that often center only one kind of experience.

But my students deserve stories that reflect their identities, traditions, struggles, and triumphs. They deserve books that act as mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors: mirrors to see themselves, windows to see others, and doors to step into new worlds with empathy and understanding.

I’m requesting a diverse collection of culturally responsive books written by authors from various backgrounds—Black, Latinx, Asian American, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, immigrant, and more. These books will include both contemporary stories and historical fiction, across genres students love: realistic fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, and memoirs.

Ms. Covan Horizon Science Academy - Youngstwn Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

100 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Snapdragon • Amazon Business $10.07 2 $20.14
Buzzing (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $7.95 2 $15.90
New Kid: A Newbery Award Winner―A Graphic Novel about Fitting in and Staying True to Yourself • Amazon Business $7.43 2 $14.86
Planner 2025-2026 - July 2025 - June 2026, 8.9" x 11.5", Academic Planner 2025-2026, Weekly Monthly Planner, Spiral Bound, Premium Paper • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Academic Planner 2025-2026, Weekly ＆ Monthly Planner 2025-2026, Jul 2025 – Jun 2026, 6.2" x 8.42", Flexible Cover, 12 Monthly Tabs, Thick Paper, Spiral Wirebound, Inner Pocket, Lake Green • Amazon Business $6.98 2 $13.96
The Marlow Murder Club: A Novel (The Marlow Murder Club, 1) • Amazon Business $11.70 1 $11.70
Drama: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $7.73 1 $7.73
Planner 2025-2026 for Women & Men, Weekly and Monthly Calendar Notebook (July 2025 - June 2026), Hardcover Spiral Bound School Teacher Student Planner with Tabs, Inner Pocket, A5 (6.3" x 8.5") - Black • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$105.26

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$136.84

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$24.15

Total project goal

$160.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $160.99

1 Donor

-$80.49

Donations toward project cost

-$68.42

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.07

match offer

-$80.49

Match offer toward project cost

-$68.42

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.07

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 $0.00

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