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Ms. Gauthier from Barre VT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Opening Doors Through Diverse Books

Help me give my students picture books about the unique, wonderful, and inspiring individuals they may meet or hear about someday.

  • $888 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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My Students

My kiddos are a wonderful mix of all abilities and backgrounds! This is the first year they will be in school full time due to Covid and they are hungry to learn, build community, and call our room home. They are curious about the world around them and all the people that are in it!

My Project

The books in this collection are meant to be read during monthly units (Black History, Indigenous Peoples, LGBTQ+ kids, etc.). They provide a mirror, window, and/or sliding door into a world that is real. Children need to have a space to discuss important topics like race, poverty, injustice, etc. With these books, I hope to facilitate these discussions.

There is nothing more powerful than seeing yourself represented in a story.

These books show children of all gender identities, family type, race, status, hardship, joy, history, and so much more. The goal is not only to facilitate these discussions but also for a child to pick up a book, see someone who looks like them, and know that our classroom is a safe place, a community, and a home.

Ms. Gauthier
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Niño • AKJ Education $17.09 1 $17.09
Happy in Our Skin • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
She Stood for Freedom • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
Mixed Me! • AKJ Education $16.19 1 $16.19
Stepping Stones • AKJ Education $14.60 1 $14.60
Malcolm Little • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Shaking Things Up • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
I Am Enough • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Grandfather Gandhi • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The last stop on market street • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Under My Hijab • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Crown • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
Marisol McDonald no combina (Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match) • AKJ Education $13.83 1 $13.83
The Librarian of Basra • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Pink Hat • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
What Can a Citizen Do? • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Emmanuel's Dream • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Undefeated • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Malala's Magic Pencil • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Sulwe • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Proudest Blue • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Fauja Singh Keeps Going • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
My Name Is Bilal • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Princess and the Warrior • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Each Kindness • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Henry's Freedom Box • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Maybe Something Beautiful • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Youngest Marcher • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Hair Love • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
A Bike Like Sergio's • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
A is for Activist • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Counting on Community • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Amelia's Road • AKJ Education $8.72 1 $8.72
Baseball Saved Us • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
The Fiesta Dress • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Buffalo Bird Girl • AKJ Education $7.26 1 $7.26
Red Is a Dragon • AKJ Education $7.19 1 $7.19
Abiyoyo Based on a South African Lullaby and Folk Story • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Max and the Tag-Along Moon • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Visiting Day • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Whispering Town • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Uptown • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
I Love My Hair! • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Crossing Bok Chitto A Choctaw Tale of Friendship & Freedom • AKJ Education $6.53 1 $6.53
Alvin Ailey • AKJ Education $6.29 1 $6.29
Round Is a Tortilla A Book of Shapes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
What Can You Do with a Paleta / ¿Qué Puedes Hacer con una Paleta? • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Round is a Mooncake • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Whistle for Willie • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Seeds of Freedom • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Whoever You Are • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
My Name Is Yoon • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Freedom Summer • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Two Homes • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Legend of the Bluebonnet • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Bee-bim Bop! • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
Imani's Moon • AKJ Education $5.80 1 $5.80
Those Shoes • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
The Name Jar • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $5.59 1 $5.59
Corn Is Maize • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
The Seven Chinese Sisters • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Under the Ramadan Moon • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Rickshaw Girl • AKJ Education $5.07 1 $5.07
The Skirt • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37
Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up • AKJ Education $4.37 1 $4.37

Materials cost

$708.12

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.62

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$754.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$133.19

Total project goal

$887.93

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $887.93

14 Donors

-$845.64

Donations toward project cost

-$727.54

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$118.10

Matching donations from our partners

-$32.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$27.20

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.29

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 $0.00

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