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

Diversity and Inclusion Books for a Special Education Classroom!

Help me give my students beautifully written and illustrated books that teach kindness, diversity, and inclusion!

  • $470 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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

As a special education teacher in a low-income/high poverty school, my students face several challenges both in and out of the classroom. Our classroom is made up of students that have multiple abilities and disabilities that affect their academic learning. The majority of my students come from low-income families, with limited resources. Every single one of my students is unique in their own way and makes the world a brighter place.

My Project

Every child deserves to see themselves and their peers positively represented in books! These books will provide my students with educational experiences to support their learning. Reading books that represent all of the students in our class will inspire my students to create an inclusive school community where everyone is valued and accepted!

These books will be used in read alouds throughout the school year.

Students will also have access to them in our classroom library! Each child is unique and they deserve to know they are welcomed and loved in my classroom.

Thank you for your consideration!

Ms. Cerda
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Same, Same But Different • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Be Kind (Be Kind, 1) • Amazon Business $14.86 1 $14.86
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $14.52 1 $14.52
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
The Big Umbrella • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Speak Up • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Ruby Finds a Worry (Big Bright Feelings) • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
I Promise • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
Mixed: A Colorful Story • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World (Easy Reader Books, Children Around the World Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $12.33 1 $12.33
A Place Called Home: Look Inside Houses Around the World (Lonely Planet Kids) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
All Are Welcome • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
Ruby's Chinese New Year • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
I am Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ordinary People Change the World) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Alma and How She Got Her Name • Amazon Business $9.85 1 $9.85
A Ticket Around the World • Amazon Business $9.69 1 $9.69
I Am Human: A Book of Empathy (I Am Books) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Our Class is a Family • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Rain Boy: (Kindness Books for Kids and Children, Teaching Empathy, Inclusion, and Diversity) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Book Fiesta! (Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day - Celebremos El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Abuela (English Edition with Spanish Phrases) (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Cinco de Mayo (Holidays in Rhythm and Rhyme) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Hair Love • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
Happy in Our Skin • Amazon Business $6.19 1 $6.19
Peppa's Chinese New Year (Peppa Pig 8x8 #21) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
My Little Golden Book About Martin Luther King Jr. • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street) (Pictureback(R)) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74
Too Many Tamales • Amazon Business $4.70 1 $4.70
Meeting Mimi: A Story About Different Abilities Children's Book―PreK-Grade 2 Interactive Book About Diversity With Illustrations, Vocabulary, Reading ... (24 pgs) (Playing and Learning Together) • Amazon Business $3.99 1 $3.99

Materials cost

$333.51

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$30.52

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.00

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$399.03

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.42

Total project goal

$469.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$469.45

1 Donor

-$469.45

Donations toward project cost

-$399.03

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$70.42

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$0.00

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