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Ms. Alex's classroom raised $1,938

Elevando El Español Con Nuevos Libros-- Increasing Spanish Book Joy

Help me give my students Spanish books to fill the gaps in our library. I've weeded many old, loved copies of Spanish texts. We need updated titles to keep my bilingual students reading in Spanish!

This project is fully funded

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Ms. Alex University Hill Elementary School
Boulder, CO Grades 3-5

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 Project

My student population is a beautiful mix of simultaneous and sequential bilinguals who are learning to read, write, speak, and listen to their heritage language, or to a second language. I am trying to instill them all with a joy for books and a love of learning through reading. I spent 14 years as an upper elementary teacher in my school, curating my own classroom library with the same limited selection of affordable books from Scholastic and hand-me-downs from retired teachers. It may come as no surprise that our choices for high-quality Spanish texts is always much more limited than our English options. That is changing, bit by bit, so I am making room for more updated Spanish options.

Now, in my first year as my school's librarian, I have weeded the entire library of outdated and overused books and consider it my mission to get new, attractive, and inspiring books in kids' hands!

In this project, you'll see books that span the needs of my collection, which will reach Pre-K to fifth grade students (and their families) through weekly lessons and checkouts. Currently, I have picked from the selection provided by DonorsChoose, and the more projects I have approved, the more points I get, which will allow me to make a special request from additional sources in the future.

My students and I are extremely grateful for any contribution you can make! Muchísimas gracias.

Equity Focus

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

400 students impacted 20 donors
Ms. Alex University Hill Elementary School Grades 3-5

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More than half 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

400 students impacted 20donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Caja Harry Potter - La serie completa / Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set: Books 1-7 (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $102.98 1 $102.98
La historia del mundo para niños • Amazon Business $34.71 1 $34.71
Los ciclos de la vida (Life Cycles): Todo, desde el principio hasta el final (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $32.99 1 $32.99
Cómo funciona la ciencia (How Science Works) (DK How Stuff Works) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $31.60 1 $31.60
Las historias de fútbol más increíbles de todos los tiempos - ¡para niños!: Partidos épicos, héroes inspiradores y sorpresas asombrosas en la historia del fútbol (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.02 2 $28.04
El libro de las matemáticas (The Math Book) (DK Big Ideas) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $27.99 1 $27.99
Cómo funciona la psicología (How Psychology Works) (DK How Stuff Works) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $26.03 1 $26.03
Código 7: Descifrando el código para una vida épica (La edición en español y inglés): Code 7: Cracking the Code for an Epic Life (English - Spanish Bilingual Edition) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
There it is! ¡Ahi esta! *Christmas edition*: A search and find book in English and Spanish (English-Spanish books for children) • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
There it is! ¡Ahi esta!: A search and find book in English and Spanish (English-Spanish books for children) • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
El libro de Marvel (The Marvel Book) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $25.00 1 $25.00
El Perro con Sombrero meets Los Gatos con Gelatos (The Dog in the Hat meets The Cats with Ice Cream) (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $24.95 1 $24.95
1000 Bilingual words Nature English-Spanish (Vocabulary Builders) • Amazon Business $12.25 2 $24.50
A través del tiempo (Timelines of Everything): Un recorrido visual por la historia (DK Children's Timelines) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
El Libro de la astronomía (The Astronomy Book) (DK Big Ideas) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $22.65 1 $22.65
Océanos (Knowledge Encyclopedia Ocean!): El planeta bajo el agua como nunca antes lo habías visto (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $20.95 1 $20.95
Cocinología (The Science of Cooking): La ciencia de cocinar (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $20.37 1 $20.37
El libro de la mitología (The Mythology Book) (DK Big Ideas) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $19.00 1 $19.00
Star Wars: El gran libro de la galaxia (Star Wars The Complete Visual Dictionary) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.23 1 $18.23
Los pantalones de Luisa (Egalitè) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Mil mariposas blancas (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Canta conmigo: La historia de Selena Quintanilla (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.41 1 $17.41
Una herencia peligrosa / A Dangerous Legacy (AMANDA BLACK) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Ansu Fati. Goleador 1: La primera final / The First Final (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
Cuquedo (Álbumes ilustrados en español) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.81 1 $15.81
En Busca de la Entrada Secreta 2: Segunda parte del divertido libro de misterio y aventuras (Libro 2) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.55 1 $15.55
We Got Game!: 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $15.45 1 $15.45
Mi familia es especial (Álbumes ilustrados en español) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
¡Gritos y espantos!: Colección de cuentos de terror y aventuras para niños y jóvenes (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Siempre estaré orgullosa de ti: Edición español-inglés (I Will Always Be Proud of You: Spanish-English edition) (Serie sobre el amor incondicional (español-inglés)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
María la Súper Ayudante/ María the Super Helper (Pequeña María/ Little María Books) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
La sopa quema (I Am Bilingual) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
MI CUERPO ME ENVÍA UNA SEÑAL: Ayudando a los niños a reconocer las emociones y expresar sus sentimientos (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.90 1 $14.90
¡Shhh! Tenemos un plan (Junior Library Guild Selection) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.84 1 $14.84
Hermosas Diferencias: Linda Historia Infantil en Español sobre Racismo y Diversidad para Ayudar a Enseñar a sus Hijos Igualdad y Bondad. (Libros de ... Ilustrados para Niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.80 1 $14.80
El libro de la tabla periódica (The Elements Book) (DK Our World in Pictures) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.09 1 $14.09
Yo Soy Una Abeja: Un Libro Sobre las Abejas para Niños (Estoy Aprendiendo: Serie educativa en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Yo Soy un Tiranosaurio Rex: Un libro sobre Tiranosaurio Rex para niños (Estoy Aprendiendo: Serie educativa en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Yo Soy Marte: Un libro sobre Marte para niños (Estoy Aprendiendo: Serie educativa en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Yo Soy un Dinosaurio: Un Libro de Dinosaurios para Niños (Estoy Aprendiendo: Serie educativa en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Yo Soy la Luna: Un libro infantil sobre la Luna (Estoy Aprendiendo: Serie educativa en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Yo Soy el Sol: Un libro infantil sobre el Sol (Estoy Aprendiendo: Serie educativa en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Yo Soy La Tierra: Un Libro del Día de la Tierra para Niños (Estoy Aprendiendo: Serie educativa en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
Yo Soy el Sistema Solar: Un libro infantil sobre el espacio, desde el Sol, pasando por los planetas, ayudando a los niños de preescolar, jardín ... en español para niños) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
La casa de algún día (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.33 1 $13.33
Guía visual del mundo Pokémon / Pokemon Visual Companion (COLECCIÓN POKÉMON) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.22 1 $13.22
Between Friends: Entre Amigos • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
DIEGO: MI HERMANITO CON AUTISMO / My little brother with autism (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Los mejores poemas para niños de Federico García Lorca (Infantil-Juvenil) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.98 1 $12.98
We Are All Connected/ Todos Estamos Conectados (Bilingual English/ Spanish): Caring for each other & the earth • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
La Princesa de Negro y la cita misteriosa / The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate (La Princesa de Negro / The Princess in Black) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
La Princesa de Negro / The Princess in Black (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
La Princesa de Negro y la fiesta perfecta / The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party (La Princesa de Negro / The Princess in Black) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
La Princesa de Negro y los conejitos hambrientos / The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde (La Princesa de Negro / The Princess in Black) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
Salvando a Tally: Una aventura en la isla de plástico del océano (Salva el Planeta) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.90 1 $12.90
Kat Karateka y el jade encantado / Kat Karateka and the Enchanted Jade (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.81 1 $12.81
Selena, reina de la música tejana (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.50 1 $12.50
Say It With Me (Dilo conmigo) • Amazon Business $12.48 1 $12.48
Supercastigados - Supercastigados / Super-Grounded - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $12.37 1 $12.37
El ladrón del sombrero: Spanish version (Somos8) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.10 1 $12.10
¡El Cucuy también tiene miedo! / El Cucuy Is Scared, Too! (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $12.02 1 $12.02
Alas de brillos: Libro infantil, ilustrado, en Español, easy beginning reader in Spanish. Una cuento de imaginación, matemáticas y mariposas. (Versión en Inglés disponible.) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Pequeño Camaleón (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Atlántida (Agus y los monstruos) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Tío Simón ABC: A Bilingual Children's Book • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
La hormiguita (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Kat Karateka y el gran combate / Kat Karateka and the Great Match (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
La leyenda del mar (Agus y los monstruos) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
¡Salvemos el Nautilus! (Agus y los monstruos) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
¡Mi comunidad! • My Community! (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $5.95 2 $11.90
Sharuko: El arqueólogo peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello (Spanish and English Edition) • Amazon Business $11.80 1 $11.80
El viaje de Papelote (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $11.25 1 $11.25
Bate bate, ¡disparate! Mad Libs: ¡El mejor juego de palabras del mundo! (Mad Libs en español) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.58 2 $11.16
Caminantes curiosos (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.45 1 $10.45
Lola protesta: Una historia inspirada en la infancia de Dolores Huerta / Lola Ou t Loud: Inspired by the Childhood of Activist Dolores Huerta (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.30 1 $10.30
Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo: Bilingual English-Spanish (Pura Belpre Honor Books - Illustration Honor) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.10 1 $10.10
Soy yo, la mosca (POR SI LAS MOSCAS BOOKS: a collection of easy Spanish stories for beginning language learners) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
En boca cerrada no entran moscas (POR SI LAS MOSCAS BOOKS: a collection of easy Spanish stories for beginning language learners) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
Cara de mosquita muerta (POR SI LAS MOSCAS BOOKS: a collection of easy Spanish stories for beginning language learners) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
On Sunday the Wind Came / En domingo vino el viento: Babl Children's Books in Spanish and English • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
En Busca de la Entrada Secreta 3: El desenlace de la divertida aventura de misterio. Para niños de 7 a 12 años. (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Day of the Dead - Día de Los Muertos: Day of the Dead : A Bilingual Book for Kids in English and Spanish (Around the World) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
There's A Witch Under The Stairs / Hay una bruja bajo la escalera: Babl Children's Books in Spanish and English • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Life of / La vida de La Pola (Bilingual: English/Spanish): A Bilingual Picture Book Biography (The Life of Series) (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.20 1 $9.20
Pizza y Taco: ¿Quién es el mejor?: (A Graphic Novel) (Pizza and Taco) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.20 1 $9.20
Don Quijote de la Mancha (Edición Juvenil) / Don Quixote de la Mancha (Colección Alfaguara Clásicos) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $9.13 1 $9.13
Los Monstruos: Felice and the Wailing Woman • Amazon Business $9.04 1 $9.04
Sterling y el caso del niño fantasma: Libro Infantil / Juvenil - Novela Suspense / Humor - A partir de 8 años (Sterling Quiere Ser Detective (libros infantiles de Humor y Misterio)) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.88 1 $8.88
Kat Karateka y el Kata Club / Kat Karateka and the Kata Club (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.52 1 $8.52
Los animales no se dormian / The Animals Would Not Sleep (Spanish Bilingual Edition) (Storytelling Math) • Amazon Business $8.14 1 $8.14
Sterling y el caso del campamento del terror: Libro Infantil / Juvenil - Novela Suspense / Humor - A partir de 8 años (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $8.09 1 $8.09
Pedro Viaja a Marte (Pedro En Español) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
In Search of the Secret Gate - En Busca de la Entrada Secreta: Bilingual Edition - English / Spanish - Edición Bilingüe - Inglés / Español • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Lola quiere un gato (Spanish Edition) (Lola Reads) • Amazon Business $7.94 1 $7.94
Un regalo singular: [ Libro Infantil / Juvenil - Novela Aventuras / Futurista / Ciencia Ficción ] - A partir de 8 años (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.65 1 $7.65
¡Essie! ¿Otra vez? / Again, Essie? (Spanish Bilingual Edition) (Storytelling Math) • Amazon Business $7.51 1 $7.51
Quiero tener pies de pato (I Wish That I had Duck Feet (Spanish Edition) (Beginner Books) • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
¡Es la hora de los esqueletos! / It's Skeleton Time! (Scholastic Bilingual) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $7.45 1 $7.45
Solo Para Chicos (Just For Boys) ¿Qué me está pasando? Mi pubertad (A Book About Growing Up) Spanish Edition; de 8 a 14 años, Ages 8-14 • Amazon Business $7.43 1 $7.43
Monstruos y moho: Zoé y Sasafrás #2 (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Dragones y malvaviscos: Zoé y Sasafrás #1 (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Hipocampos y burbujas: Zoé y Sasafrás #3 (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $6.50 1 $6.50
Gran huevo (Big Egg Spanish Edition) (LEYENDO A PASOS (Step into Reading)) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
¡Suéltala, Rocket! (Drop It, Rocket! Spanish Edition) (LEYENDO A PASOS (Step into Reading)) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Me gustan los bichos (I Like Bugs Spanish Edition) (LEYENDO A PASOS (Step into Reading)) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Mi vecino alienígena 1: El chico nuevo (The Alien Next Door) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
La primera pijamada de Uni (Unicornio uni)(Uni the Unicorn Uni's First Sleepover Spanish Edition) (LEYENDO A PASOS (Step into Reading)) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Puerco Pizza (Pizza Pig Spanish Edition) (LEYENDO A PASOS (Step into Reading)) • Amazon Business $5.58 1 $5.58
Mi Little Golden Book sobre Rita Moreno (Rita Moreno: A Little Golden Book Biography Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$1,592.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$23.89

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,646.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$290.62

Total project goal

$1,937.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,937.45

19 Donors

-$1,519.51

Donations toward project cost

-$1,325.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$193.55

match offer

-$377.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$320.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$40.44

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