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Ms. Schilling from Saint Paul MN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Literary Representation Matters

Help me give my students books that reflect their languages and worldly experiences

  • 1 donor
  • $466 still needed

expires Jul 29

  • 1 donor
  • $466 still needed
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My Project

My students come from many places around the world, and they desire books that reflect themselves. This includes written languages of Swahili, French, Karen, Hmong, Somali, and Spanish. I also want to embrace and celebrate my students who have special needs through books that explain and normalize differences.

My students are kind and caring and want to learn about those in their classroom and the greater community.

The books selected would help fill in areas that are lacking in my classroom library. There is also something special about having a brand new book in the classroom to read during independent reading time alone or with a partner.

Ms. Schilling
Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
10 Book Bundle - Lee & Low Anti-Racism Collection (Grades PreK-2 Book Set) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $100.00 1 $100.00
Cape - social emotional learning picture book (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
Drawn Together (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Day With No Words (neurodiversity hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
The Magical Yet (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Be Bold! Be Brave! 11 Latinas Who Made U.S. History (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Fearless Trailblazers: 11 Latinos Who Made US History (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Islandborn (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
Dreamers (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
A Different Pond (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Kuku Kumi - It's all Swahili to me!: A fun rhyme book for children (Swahili Basics) (English, Multilingual and Swahili Edition) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The ABCs of Black History (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
The abilities in me: Cerebral Palsy • Amazon Business $11.56 1 $11.56
Brown Boy Joy (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Jabari Jumps (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Am I small? Mimi ni mdogo?: Children's Picture Book English-Swahili (Bilingual Edition) (Bilingual Books (English-Swahili) by Philipp Winterberg) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Animals in French and English • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
My First 100 Basic Swahili English Words for Kids: An amazing handbook for toddlers with a variety of fruits, vegetables, ABC animals, vehicles, body parts and many more • Amazon Business $8.91 1 $8.91
What Can I Do? Qu'est-ce que je peux faire ? Bilingual English-French Book For Kids: Dual Language Book (Bilingual English-French Books For Children) • Amazon Business $8.72 1 $8.72
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book (Picture Puffin Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$397.06

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$438.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.30

Total project goal

$515.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $515.32

1 Donor

-$50.00

Donations toward project cost

-$42.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $465.32

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