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Mrs. Munds from Estacada, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inspiring Picture Books

Help me give my students Inspiring picture books will help cultivate empathy, creativity, and positive values in my students while sparking a love of reading and fostering important life lessons.

  • $623 goal

This project expired on August 4, 2025.

This project expired on August 4, 2025.

My Project

I would love to have inspiring picture books in my classroom to motivate and engage my students in meaningful learning experiences. Picture books with uplifting stories and diverse characters can help build empathy, spark creativity, and encourage positive values like kindness, perseverance, and teamwork. These books also support social-emotional learning, giving students a chance to relate to characters and discuss important life lessons. By incorporating inspiring picture books into our daily routine, I can foster a love of reading while helping my students develop a growth mindset and a deeper connection to the world around them.

Mrs. Munds Clackamas River Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Estacada, OR View local requests

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

22 students impacted

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
5 Book Set: Kindness & Social Emotional Learning (ages 4-8 inclusive, teaching compassion books for classroom library) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $82.00 1 $82.00
I Am Enough (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 2 $40.00
Free Spirit Publishing I'm In Control of Myself Books - Set of 6 • Kaplan Early Learning Company $32.36 1 $32.36
The Invisible String - social emotional learning picture book (paperback, ages 4-8; calming corner resources) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
Cape - social emotional learning, grief, love & loss (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
Good Things - social emotional learning, grief, love & loss (hardcover picture book, ages 4-8) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
The Magical Yet (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The Year We Learned to Fly (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Big - Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Eyes That Speak to the Stars (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Stacey's Remarkable Books (hardcover picture book from The Stacey Stories) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
The Name Jar (paperback picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $9.00 2 $18.00
Stacey's Extraordinary Words (hardcover picture book from The Stacey Stories) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
A Different Pond - Caldecott Honor Book (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
The Together Tree (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Where Are You From? (hardcover picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Plant the Tiny Seed - Reinforced Book • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest - Caldecott Honor Book (paperback picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion (My Superpower Books) • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Jabari Jumps (paperback picture book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning) • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84

Materials cost

$491.69

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$529.07

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$93.37

Total project goal

$622.44

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