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Mr. Welsh from Auburn, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading For Change From Award Winning Books

Help me give my students books about equity and social justice from award winning book lists.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Welsh's classroom raised $733

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

This project will be to continue to diversify our library collection. We are continuing to add Native American authors to ensure inclusive perspectives in our communities thinking and beliefs. This is especially important as the tribal reservation is so much a part of our state and local community.

We also hope to add a number of Award Winning books to continue to provide our students with rich and thoughtful stories from the the current year's Newbery, Caldecott, Belpré, Sibert, Geisel, and Batchelder Award and Honor books.

These books are exemplary works of literature that students will love to read again and again.

Mr. Welsh Gildo Rey Elementary School Grades 3-5

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.

Auburn, WA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

412 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity • Amazon Business $13.66 2 $27.32
I'm Going to Build a Snowman • Amazon Business $18.28 1 $18.28
Mi papá es un agrícola / My Father, the Farm Worker (English and Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $18.24 1 $18.24
Benita y las criaturas nocturnas (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Things in the Basement (Things in the Basement, 1) • Amazon Business $17.06 1 $17.06
When I'm Big • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends: Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1 • Amazon Business $16.24 1 $16.24
They Hold the Line: Wildfires, Wildlands, and the Firefighters Who Brave Them • Amazon Business $16.10 1 $16.10
Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur? • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
In Between • Amazon Business $15.31 1 $15.31
Manatee Summer • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
In the Night Garden • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
A River of Dust: The Life-Giving Link Between North Africa and the Amazon • Amazon Business $14.60 1 $14.60
What a Map Can Do • Amazon Business $14.22 1 $14.22
Native Americans in History: A History Book for Kids (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
The Artivist • Amazon Business $13.68 1 $13.68
When You Can Swim • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Evergreen • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Cape • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
Hornbeam All In (The Hornbeam Books) • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
The Only Way to Make Bread • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Tumble • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Beneath • Amazon Business $11.79 1 $11.79
Scroll • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Maribel’s Year • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
The Truth About Dragons: (Caldecott Honor Book) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Chicken Clicking (Online Safety Picture Books) • Amazon Business $11.37 1 $11.37
In Every Life: (Caldecott Honor) • Amazon Business $11.36 1 $11.36
Dim Sum Palace • Amazon Business $11.34 1 $11.34
The Worlds We Leave Behind • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Elf Dog and Owl Head • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Elena Rides • Amazon Business $9.88 1 $9.88
The Eyes and the Impossible: (Newbery Medal Winner) • Amazon Business $9.74 1 $9.74
If I Was a Horse • Amazon Business $9.07 1 $9.07
Something Like Home • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Big (Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title) • Amazon Business $8.24 1 $8.24
The International House of Dereliction • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Good Different • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99

Materials cost

$537.66

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$47.05

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.06

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$622.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$109.90

Total project goal

$732.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$732.67

3 Donors

-$432.25

Donations toward project cost

-$400.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.50

match offer

-$261.20

Match offer toward project cost

-$222.02

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$39.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$39.22

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$0.00

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