Help me give my students books that illustrate the representation matters such as The Day You Begin and The Year We Learned to Fly.
FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Zahm's classroom raised $229
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My Project
When it comes to literacy, it is important that the characters are diverse because children of our world are diverse. I work in a military populated town, which means we are a very diverse town. However, many books in the library simply have Caucasian characters. This is not okay. Classroom libraries should have books representing a wide variety of diverse human beings. Children deserve to see characters that look like themselves in books. Caucasian children also can benefit from seeing books with more diverse characters.
I would like help diversify each classroom's classroom library by providing each teacher with one book that has diverse characters.
This will expose over 200 students a year to books with diverse characters. For a child to see a character that looks like them might make all the difference for the child feeling represented and valued. It might even help foster a love of reading.
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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