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Mrs. Leddy from Portland ME is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engage Readers In Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color Stories!

Help me give my students wonderful black, indigenous, and women of color leaders to read about!

  • 4 donors
  • $333 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Project

I have a beautifully diverse population of students from around the world that attend my library. This year, during Women's History Month, I realized some of our books were outdated and not very exciting for our students. They weren't representing the population I work with. I would love to increase our books about female leaders around the world, in our library.

These books will be critical during the month of March, Women's History Month, to highlight female leaders around the world.

I will plan lessons around these books and engage our diverse population of students. They will also be used in circulation year round for students to browse and check-out of the library.

Mrs. Leddy
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
She Spoke Too: 14 More Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World • Amazon Business $23.40 1 $23.40
She Spoke: 14 Women Who Raised Their Voices and Changed the World • Amazon Business $19.54 1 $19.54
Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the Ebony Fashion Fair • Amazon Business $19.34 1 $19.34
How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Swimming Toward a Dream: Yusra Mardini's Incredible Journey from Refugee to Olympic Swimmer • Amazon Business $15.71 1 $15.71
All Around Us • Amazon Business $15.18 1 $15.18
Finding My Dance • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Maria Orosa Freedom Fighter: Scientist and Inventor from the Philippines • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
She Sang for India: How M.S. Subbulakshmi Used Her Voice for Change • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
A Life of Service: The Story of Senator Tammy Duckworth • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz JimĂ©nez, Daughter of the Nahua • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
One Wish: Fatima al-Fihri and the World's Oldest University • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Ketanji Brown Jackson: A Justice for All • Amazon Business $11.65 1 $11.65
The Amazing Students of Venezuela (Against All Odds) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Shaped By Her Hands: Potter Maria Martinez (She Made History) • Amazon Business $10.34 1 $10.34

Materials cost

$237.17

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $11.86

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.56

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$282.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$49.87

Total project goal

$332.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $332.46

4 Donors

-$296.84

Donations toward project cost

-$282.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$35.62

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