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Mrs. Taylor from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Promoting Equity, Inclusion & Antiracism through Picture Books

Help me give my students books that encourage and teach inclusion, diversity, & antiracism by helping them seeing their identities represented!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Taylor's classroom raised $663

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are Scholars. They are provided a safe space to take risks, be vulnerable, and develop a sense of childhood curiosity and wonder.

They are thirsty for knowledge, eager to please, and desperately want to be better at "school”.

We have worked so very hard to cultivate a strong culture of learning that I can honestly say that their drive for success is inspirational. They have endless energy and enormous hearts!

Our Scholars are innocent, kindred spirits who deserve so much more than what our society has given them. For many of our students, their future relies solely on their experiences in our school. Regardless of the unthinkable barriers that our scholars experience outside of our four walls, they know that our belief in them will never waver.

My Project

This project is about giving my Scholars access to high quality picture books that help them find the courage to be true to themselves. 

The titles in this project invite young Scholars to engage with the world in a new way and see how everyone is connected, and that everyone matters.

From books that celebrate the beauty, history, and magic behind names to books that highlight the many different languages to say "hello" to varying races and cultures, these picture books highlight diversity in the most beautiful ways. Many of the books in this list empower kids to express themselves in every color, including characters of different races, genders and abilities to help Scholars learn about all the incredible colors that fill their world. Some books provide a straightforward introduction to gender, presenting clear and direct language for understanding and talking about how we experience gender: our bodies, our expression and our identity. This list also contains a diverse selection of over 150 nursery rhymes from 23 countries, providing a unique look at the similarities and differences in folk songs, stories and rhymes across the globe. Included are also several fairy tales with characters and cultures that closely represent the students and families that I serve. 

The titles in this project also tackle sensitive and important lessons, such as racism & white supremacy. These books represent a diverse group of young kids as they discover so many different ways to speak up and make their voices heard! Hearing these stories remind young Scholars that there are wonderful, good, caring people everywhere we turn—and that it's important to strive to be a good, caring person. 

Mrs. Taylor Wentworth 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.

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.

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Once Upon a World Collection: Snow White; Cinderella; Rapunzel; The Princess and the Pea • Amazon Business $25.06 1 $25.06
Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness (Ordinary Terrible Things) • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All • Amazon Business $18.95 1 $18.95
M Is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Listening with My Heart: A story of kindness and self-compassion • Amazon Business $17.49 1 $17.49
Who Are You?: The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity • Amazon Business $17.28 1 $17.28
Nana Akua Goes to School • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
An ABC of Equality • Amazon Business $15.97 1 $15.97
I Can Write the World (Ava Murray Writes the World (1)) • Amazon Business $15.40 1 $15.40
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina • Amazon Business $15.18 1 $15.18
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Something Happened in Our Town (A Child's Story About Racial Injustice) • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
I Am Perfectly Designed • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Red: A Crayon's Story • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Pink Is for Boys • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
Your Name Is a Song • Amazon Business $14.23 1 $14.23
Let the Children March • Amazon Business $14.05 1 $14.05
Neither • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
A Boy Like You • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Speak Up • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Melanin Poppin': Mommy, Why is My Skin Tone Different Than Yours? • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
The ABCs of Black History • Amazon Business $13.46 1 $13.46
Good People Everywhere • Amazon Business $13.44 1 $13.44
Say Hello! • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
You Matter • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Introducing Teddy: A gentle story about gender and friendship • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Freedom Soup • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Love Makes a Family • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Mmmmm! Soup Joumou! (ZOE BEAUTEE Little Reader's Collection) (Volume 2) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Little Mermaid (Once Upon a World) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Jack and the Beanstalk (Penguin Bedtime Classics) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Penguin Bedtime Classics) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Little Princess (Penguin Bedtime Classics) • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49

Materials cost

$525.57

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.88

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$563.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.43

Total project goal

$662.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $662.88

6 Donors

-$657.59

Donations toward project cost

-$563.45

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$94.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.29

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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