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Mrs. Montag from San Ramon CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Inclusion, What a Novel Idea!

Help me give my students new and inclusive books for our classroom library.

  • $389 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are often up and about supporting and working with one another. They spend their school days working in partnerships and groups and collaborating on various projects.

My students are compassionate, creative, critical thinkers, communicators, and collaborators.

They pride themselves on putting their brains together to solve math problems, doing research, collaborating on a passion project, or working together on a presentation.

We're a large elementary school located in a Bay Area suburb. Many students are second generation and speak multiple languages. We pride ourselves on balancing academics with character development and life skills.

My Project

The last couple of years have been challenging, but our students are resilient. They are not only living through a pandemic, but have seen a country divided by politics and racism. It's been a whirlwind and yet my students are open and kind and want to learn about others.

Books showcasing a variety of people and cultures are the best way to create inclusion and empathy.

My class would love to get their hands on more books in our classroom library so they can live and learn alongside characters all over the world. These books will be an important addition to our library.

Mrs. Montag
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novels #1-7: A Graphix Collection: Full-Color Edition (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix) • Amazon Business $45.96 1 $45.96
The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field • Amazon Business $18.33 1 $18.33
Jason Reynolds's Track Series Paperback Collection: Ghost; Patina; Sunny; Lu • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Ain't Burned All the Bright • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Before the Ever After • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Pages & Co.: The Book Smugglers • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
The Shape of Thunder • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • Amazon Business $13.41 1 $13.41
Timelines from Black History: Leaders, Legends, Legacies • Amazon Business $13.30 1 $13.30
The Ickabog • Amazon Business $12.43 1 $12.43
Stuntboy, in the Meantime • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
21 Lessons for the 21st Century • Amazon Business $10.87 1 $10.87
Pages & Co.: The Lost Fairy Tales • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
As Brave As You • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Pages & Co.: The Map of Stories • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Alchemist, 25th Anniversary: A Fable About Following Your Dream • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
I'm Ok • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$271.57

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$24.85

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$330.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$58.32

Total project goal

$388.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$388.81

1 Donor

-$215.00

Donations toward project cost

-$190.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.75

match offer

-$164.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$140.24

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$24.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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