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Mrs. Rivera from Brooklyn NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Powerful and Diverse Books!

Help me give my students diverse books that allow my students to see themselves in books, reflect their lives, and allow them to see and understand other students.

  • $596 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! 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 Students

My students are passionate, inquisitive, and kind! They love coming to school to learn and have developed a great love for reading. I teach in a Title I school in New York. My students are a group of diverse learners who love to see themselves in books. However, many of my students need diverse books that my classroom library is lacking.

Every child needs to have a voice, a sense of belonging, and have space where they feel heard and respected.

My Project

When children see themselves in books, it motivates and engages them because it makes their learning experience more meaningful. It promotes critical thinking and strengthens students' racial and ethnic identities.

My goal is to have students show care towards each other, encourage their socialization among students who are perceived differently from them, and establish respectful relationships among all.

These books will provide a glimpse into characters that are similar in their cultural diversities and backgrounds. These books will also encourage individuality, kindness, acceptance, and being true and happy with who you are.

Having powerful and diverse books will promote a sense of safety and belonging in my classroom.

Mrs. Rivera
Grades 3-5

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Sulwe • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
You Matter • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
Be Bold! Be Brave! 11 Latinas who made U.S. History (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.07 1 $15.07
Last Stop on Market Street • Amazon Business $14.90 1 $14.90
Under My Hijab • Amazon Business $14.88 1 $14.88
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music • Amazon Business $14.75 1 $14.75
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $14.51 1 $14.51
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $14.45 1 $14.45
The Undefeated (Caldecott Medal Book) • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Malala's Magic Pencil • Amazon Business $14.37 1 $14.37
A Boy Like You • Amazon Business $14.19 1 $14.19
Strictly No Elephants • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
The Sandwich Swap • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
My Name Is Gabriela/Me llamo Gabriela (Rise and Shine) (English, Multilingual and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $13.84 1 $13.84
My Name Is Yoon (Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award, 2004) • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
I Love Being Me, Uniquely Me! • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
I Can Do Hard Things: Mindful Affirmations for Kids • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Teach Your Dragon About Diversity: Train Your Dragon To Respect Diversity. A Cute Children Story To Teach Kids About Diversity and Differences. (My Dragon Books) • Amazon Business $12.95 1 $12.95
Islandborn • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
Dias y Dias/Days and Days: Bilingual Spanish-English Children's Book • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Be Kind • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Drawn Together • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World (Easy Reader Books, Children Around the World Books, Preschool Prep Books) • Amazon Business $10.89 1 $10.89
A Little SPOT of Kindness! • Amazon Business $10.85 1 $10.85
The Invisible Boy • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $10.38 1 $10.38
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are • Amazon Business $9.66 1 $9.66
The Whispering Town • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Name Jar • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$461.24

Vendor shipping charges

$7.98

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$506.14

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.32

Total project goal

$595.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$595.46

4 Donors

-$298.23

Donations toward project cost

-$253.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.73

match offer

-$297.22

Match offer toward project cost

-$252.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.58

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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