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Ms. Horn from Boise, ID is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Representation Matters!

Help me give my students books that reflect their lives and experiences so they can see themselves in literature!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Horn's classroom raised $400

This project is fully funded

My Students

Our school serves students in grades PreK-6 and provides rich academics, fantastic teachers, and a safe learning environment. Our school is Title I, meaning that the majority of our students come from low-income families. We serve many English Language Learners, students with special needs, and students living in poverty. Our school is also unique in that we have a significant refugee population, creating a wonderfully diverse atmosphere.

Despite their everyday challenges, our students are eager learners who love coming to school each day!

They are bright, inquisitive, kind and just a joy to teach! Their interests are as varied as their stories and that makes each day a new adventure!

My Project

The books we share with children have the power to mold and shape their worldview. Literature is a window into the lives and experiences of others, but can also help children see value in themselves.

According to Lee and Low Books, though people of color represent about 37% of the US population, just 13% of children’s books in the past 24 years include multicultural content.

As a teacher, this statistic is troubling. In such a connected and diverse world is it essential that the books in my classroom library represent not only my students, but those unlike them as well. This project will provide books that vary in level to ensure they meed the academic needs of my students, and also in the characters and life experiences of those characters. Representation matters!

Ms. Horn Whitney 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.

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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

26 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Crenshaw • Amazon Business $4.69 10 $46.90
M Is for Melanin: A Celebration of the Black Child • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Where Are You From? • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
A Boy Like You • Amazon Business $14.57 1 $14.57
The Water Princess • Amazon Business $13.67 1 $13.67
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison) • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth • Amazon Business $13.20 1 $13.20
Not Quite Snow White • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Hair Love • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
Sulwe • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Look What Brown Can Do! • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Love Makes a Family • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
I Need You to Know: The ABC's of Black Girl Magic • Amazon Business $9.43 1 $9.43
Skin Like Mine (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Homes in Many Cultures (Life Around the World) • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
Lola Levine and the Halloween Scream (Lola Levine (6)) • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48
Lola Levine Is Not Mean! • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Lola Levine and the Vacation Dream • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Lola Levine Meets Jelly and Bean • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Lola Levine: Drama Queen • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69
Lola Levine and the Ballet Scheme • Amazon Business $5.69 1 $5.69

Materials cost

$288.20

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $17.44

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.32

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$339.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.99

Total project goal

$399.95

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $399.95

4 Donors

-$284.95

Donations toward project cost

-$242.21

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.74

match offer

-$115.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$97.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.25

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 $0.00

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