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Mx. Tottingham from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Picture Yourself a Reader

Help me give my students access to books and stories that feature kids like themselves in adventures they would want to take!

FULLY FUNDED! Mx. Tottingham's classroom raised $483

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

For this project- Picture Yourself a Reader, I wanted to really focus in on books that my students have really been asking to read or that I felt could really meld with their current interests.

With graphic novels still all of the rage most of the works in this project reflect that with diverse main characters and varied plots.

With this project I want to continue to foster a love of reading for enjoyment in my students. I want every student to feel like reading is a awesome passtime, not just a task to do for a grade or assignment.

Mx. Tottingham Elmhurst United Middle School Grades 6-8

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

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.

Oakland, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

130 students impacted 1donor

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Heartstopper Series Volume 1-4 Books Set By Alice Oseman • Amazon Business $40.00 1 $40.00
Doughnuts and Doom • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Crumbs • Amazon Business $13.84 1 $13.84
Unfamiliar (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Creepy Cat Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Creepy Cat Vol. 2 • Amazon Business $13.20 1 $13.20
Play Like a Girl • Amazon Business $12.21 1 $12.21
Slip • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Garlic and the Vampire • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Toto Ninja Cat & Great Snake Escape • Amazon Business $11.46 1 $11.46
Frizzy • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Elle(s) Vol 1: The New Girl • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Sky Blues • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Tryout: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Freestyle: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Cloud Town • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Temperature of Me and You • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 (I Survived Graphic Novel #7) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $10.10 1 $10.10
PAWS: Gabby Gets It Together • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Invisible: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Animal Rescue Friends: Friends Fur-ever (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #5) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Animal Rescue Friends (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #6) (I Survived Graphix) • Amazon Business $8.83 1 $8.83
The Mystery of the Disappearing Underpants • Amazon Business $8.57 1 $8.57
PAWS: Mindy Makes Some Space • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 3 (3) • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1 (1) • Amazon Business $6.38 1 $6.38
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 2 (2) • Amazon Business $6.38 1 $6.38

Materials cost

$339.72

Vendor shipping charges

$4.49

Sales tax

$31.08

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$410.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.42

Total project goal

$482.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$482.81

1 Donor

-$482.81

Donations toward project cost

-$410.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.42

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