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Mrs. Savard from Carson, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My Story

My students need 19 picture books with characters that represent their ethnic backgrounds.

  • $273 goal

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My Students

One of the great things about reading is connecting with the characters, but the characters in the books in my classroom often have little in common with my students.

My young readers attend a high achieving Title 1 school in a large urban school district.

They are an enthusiastic group of three and four-year-old general and special education preschool students, in a program geared towards school readiness and language development.

My Project

I want to provide my students books about children from many different cultures, thus allowing them to read about characters like themselves, and make connections to their own lives. Books by authors such as Ezra Jack Keats, Faith Ringgold and Gary Soto will do just that. These books will be used as read-a-loud stories and in the classroom library for many years to come.

Learning to read is the most important academic achievement that students make.

Please help me spark my students' interest in books while they are still young. It will make a difference for the rest of their lives!

Mrs. Savard Ambler Avenue Elementary School Grades PreK-2

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Carson, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

50 students impacted 9donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Clementina's Cactus Ezra Jack Keats, Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
Clubhouse: Easy to Read--Level 2 Ezra Jack Keats, Anastasia Suen, Allan Eitzen (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Dreams Ezra Jack Keats, Joy Peskin (Editor), Ezra Jack Keats (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Hamster Chase Anastasia Suen, Allan Eitzen (Illustrator), Ezra Jack Keats • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Loose Tooth Anastasia Suen, Allan Eitzen (Illustrator), Ezra Jack Keats • Barnes and Noble $3.41 1 $3.41
Louie (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Ezra Jack Keats • Barnes and Noble $14.70 1 $14.70
Regards to the Man in the Moon Ezra Jack Keats • Barnes and Noble $12.98 1 $12.98
Yesterday I Had the Blues Jeron Ashford Frame, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Calling the Doves/El canto de las palomas Juan Felipe Herrera, Elly Simmons (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
Elizabeti's Doll Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Christy Hale (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.79 1 $6.79
For You Are a Kenyan Child Kelly Cunnane, Ana Juan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76
Most Loved in All the World Tonya Hegamin, Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.53 1 $14.53
My Best Friend Mary Ann Rodman, E. B. Lewis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.12 1 $5.12
Silly Chicken Rukshana Khan, Yunmee Kyong (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
Too Many Tamales Gary Soto, Ed Martinez (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.79 1 $13.79
Chato's Kitchen Gary Soto, Susan Guevara (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Day's Work Eve Bunting, Ronald Himler (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.93 1 $5.93
Corduroy Don Freeman, Richard Peck, Don Freeman (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
A Pocket for Corduroy Don Freeman, Don Freeman (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97

Materials cost

$177.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $16.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.67

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$231.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$40.90

Total project goal

$272.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $272.68

4 Donors

-$95.00

Donations toward project cost

-$80.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.25

match offer

-$177.68

Match offer toward project cost

-$151.03

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$26.65

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