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If Books are Mirrors, I want to See Myself!
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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Project
The books that I have chosen for this project are ones that my students can see themselves inside. From a Sunday dinner with family to a group of friends solving a mystery. In order to create life long readers, students have to want to read.
Students get excited about reading especially when they can relate to or see themselves in the book. I fell in love with reading when I read all about Ramona the Pest by Beverly Clerary. I can relate because I could see myself hanging out with Ramona. Students of color should be able to see themselves in good literature too, not just stories about slavery and challenges.
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Where Your Donation Goes
Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
Carlos Gomez Freestyles…Heavy on the Style | Comics & Graphic Novel| Reading Age 8-12 | Grade Level 2-6 | Juvenile Fiction | Reycraft Books
• Amazon Business
$15.95
1
$15.95
Great Battles for Boys: WW2 Europe
• Amazon Business
$15.29
1
$15.29
Blue Stars: Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem: A Graphic Novel (The Blue Stars)
• Amazon Business
$12.99
1
$12.99
Big Apple Diaries
• Amazon Business
$12.69
1
$12.69
Pelé: The King of Soccer
• Amazon Business
$11.79
1
$11.79
Break (A Click Graphic Novel, 6)
• Amazon Business
$11.49
1
$11.49
I Am Every Good Thing
• Amazon Business
$11.39
1
$11.39
Like Lava In My Veins
• Amazon Business
$11.29
1
$11.29
Things Kids Should Know About Black History: Educational Children's book For Black History Month (Holiday Books for Kids)
• Amazon Business
$10.40
1
$10.40
Frizzy
• Amazon Business
$10.39
1
$10.39
Curlfriends: New in Town (A Graphic Novel) (Curlfriends, 1)
• Amazon Business
$10.39
1
$10.39
Swim Team: A Graphic Novel
• Amazon Business
$10.25
1
$10.25
Hair Love
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Isla to Island
• Amazon Business
$9.78
1
$9.78
Nightlights
• Amazon Business
$9.19
1
$9.19
Miss Quinces: A Graphic Novel
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
A Taste of Magic
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
The Vanquishers
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Miss Quinces: A Graphic Novel
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Invisible: A Graphic Novel
• Amazon Business
$8.78
1
$8.78
Manu: A Graphic Novel
• Amazon Business
$8.59
1
$8.59
Twin Cities: (A Graphic Novel)
• Amazon Business
$8.50
1
$8.50
Miles Morales: Shock Waves (Original Spider-Man Graphic Novel)
• Amazon Business
$8.34
1
$8.34
Disney Encanto: The Graphic Novel (Disney Encanto)
• Amazon Business
$8.24
1
$8.24
Who Was the Voice of the People?: Cesar Chavez: A Who HQ Graphic Novel (Who HQ Graphic Novels)
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun
• Amazon Business
$7.19
1
$7.19
Ruby Flips for Attention (Ruby and the Booker Boys #4) (4)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
The Slumber Party Payback (Ruby and the Booker Boys #3) (3)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Trivia Queen, Third Grade Supreme (Ruby and the Booker Boys #2) (2)
• Amazon Business
$5.99
1
$5.99
Brand New School, Brave New Ruby (Ruby and the Booker Boys #1) (1)
• Amazon Business
$5.85
1
$5.85
Materials cost
$290.68
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.36
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$325.04
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$57.36
Total project goal
$382.40
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$382.40
-$100.00
Donations toward project cost
-$85.00
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$15.00
Still needed
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$282.40
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