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Ms. Weber from Ogden, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Picturing Connections

Help me give my students the ability to foster connections by combining vivid illustrations and engaging text, sparking shared experiences and emotions through picture books. They nurture empathy, stimulate imagination, and provide a platform for meaningful conversations.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Weber's classroom raised $690

This project is fully funded

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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

Picture books are crucial in helping children build connections to the natural world through their engaging storytelling and vivid illustrations. These books provide an accessible and imaginative way for young readers to explore nature and develop a sense of environmental stewardship. Picture books also help children navigate their experiences by offering relatable stories that mirror their own challenges and emotions. Through engaging narratives and vivid illustrations, these books create a safe space for kids to explore and understand their feelings.

When children encounter characters facing similar situations—like starting school, dealing with fears, or making friends—they see their own experiences reflected in the stories.

This relatability can provide comfort and reassurance, showing children they are not alone in their feelings. For example, a picture book about a character overcoming a fear of the dark can help a child address their own anxieties.

Additionally, picture books often address complex emotions and social situations in a way that is accessible and understandable for young readers. They offer practical lessons on empathy, resilience, and conflict resolution. Stories about diverse experiences and perspectives also foster inclusivity and broaden children’s understanding of the world, helping them develop empathy and appreciate differences.

By relating to the characters and scenarios in picture books, my students are able to gain insights into their own experiences, find emotional support, and learn valuable life lessons, making these books a crucial resource for emotional and social development.

Having a teaching library with picture books that are relatable to a diverse classroom of students provides me as their teacher an opportunity to relate the stories to my students.

Ms. Weber Liberty Elementary School Grades 3-5

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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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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

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Necks Out for Adventure: The True Story of Edwin Wiggleskin • Amazon Business $23.97 1 $23.97
The Star People: A Lakota Story • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Dangerously Ever After • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Mornings with Monet • Amazon Business $16.18 1 $16.18
Finding My Dance • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Professional Crocodile: (Wordless Kids Books, Alligator Children's Books, Early Elemetary Story Books ) • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Looking for a Jumbie • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Memoirs of a Tortoise • Amazon Business $14.02 1 $14.02
Chopsticks (The Spoon Series, 2) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Meanwhile Back on Earth . . .: Finding Our Place Through Time and Space • Amazon Business $13.72 1 $13.72
Memoirs of a Hamster • Amazon Business $13.12 1 $13.12
I Wanna Iguana • Amazon Business $13.03 1 $13.03
The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship (The Proudest Blue, 2) • Amazon Business $12.80 1 $12.80
On Account of the Gum • Amazon Business $12.74 1 $12.74
Over and Under the Pond: (Environment and Ecology Books for Kids, Nature Books, Children's Oceanography Books, Animal Books for Kids) • Amazon Business $12.60 1 $12.60
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring • Amazon Business $12.39 1 $12.39
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story • Amazon Business $12.37 1 $12.37
Little Pea (Little Books) • Amazon Business $12.26 1 $12.26
Strange Planet: The Sneaking, Hiding, Vibrating Creature • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $11.66 1 $11.66
Diary of a Worm • Amazon Business $11.58 1 $11.58
My Powerful Hair: A Picture Book • Amazon Business $11.22 1 $11.22
A Flamboyance of Flamingos • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Powwow Day • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Leaf Thief: (The Perfect Fall Book for Children and Toddlers) • Amazon Business $10.60 1 $10.60
We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner) • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Dreamers • Amazon Business $10.53 1 $10.53
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family (The Proudest Blue, 1) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Duck! Rabbit!: (Bunny Books, Read Aloud Family Books, Books for Young Children) • Amazon Business $10.32 1 $10.32
A Pizza with Everything on It • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
The Girl With a Mind For Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists, 3) • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists, 1) • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth • Amazon Business $9.63 1 $9.63
Remember • Amazon Business $9.12 1 $9.12
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Diary of a Fly • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
A Remainder of One • Amazon Business $8.46 1 $8.46
Can I Be Your Dog? • Amazon Business $8.41 1 $8.41
The Plot Chickens • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Sea in Winter • Amazon Business $7.64 1 $7.64
A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India • Amazon Business $7.61 1 $7.61
Over and Under the Snow • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
Diary of a Spider • Amazon Business $7.16 1 $7.16
Divide and Ride (MathStart 3) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Who Was Sally Ride? • Amazon Business $6.54 1 $6.54
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt: (Nature Book for Kids, Gardening and Vegetable Planting, Outdoor Nature Book) (Over and Under) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39

Materials cost

$547.68

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$585.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$103.39

Total project goal

$689.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $689.29

4 Donors

-$338.95

Donations toward project cost

-$326.95

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$12.00

match offer

-$304.65

Match offer toward project cost

-$258.95

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.70

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$45.70

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 $0.00

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