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Ms. Sommers from Pittsburgh, PA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Representation on the Shelf!

Help me give my students books that are reflective of the students in our classroom! We would love to celebrate the multicultural magic in our room and to continue our celebration of diversity.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Sommers's classroom raised $364

This project is fully funded

My Project

I love being an ESL teacher! I love our global community right here in Pittsburgh and sharing cultures with each other! I love watching students talk about "home" and educate us about them. I especially love watching their eyes light up when they read a book that resonates with them, or when they say "Miss!! They look like ME!"

Our classroom is representative of the world and I want that to be reflected in the books in our classroom library shelfs.

Help me fill every shelf with books that reflect the beautiful students from all over the world in my classroom!

Ms. Sommers Pittsburgh Westwood Elementary School Grades PreK-2

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.

Pittsburgh, PA View local requests

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

30 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown Jackson • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Little Daymond Learns to Earn • Amazon Business $17.19 1 $17.19
Moon's Ramadan • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Plátanos Go with Everything • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
An American Story • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
The Sour Grape (The Food Group) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Bilingual Fairy Tales in Spanish and English: A Story Collection from Charles Perrault, James Planché, and Teodoro Baró y Sureda • Amazon Business $14.80 1 $14.80
You're Always Enough: And More Than I Hoped For • Amazon Business $12.68 1 $12.68
My First Vietnamese 450 Words Picture Book for Kids: Establishing the Basis to Learn Vietnamese Language With Over 20 categories About Different ... Strengthen Your Child's Bilingual Ability • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
My First Chinese 450 Words Picture Book for Kids: Establishing the Basis to Learn simplified Mandarin Chinese Language With Over 20 categories About ... Strengthen Your Child's Bilingual Ability • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Girls Like Me • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Till we meet again, Ramadan • Amazon Business $11.00 1 $11.00
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day • Amazon Business $10.66 1 $10.66
Noodle and the No Bones Day (Noodle and Jonathan) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Day the Crayons Quit • Amazon Business $9.40 1 $9.40
Skin Like Mine (2) (Kids Like Mine) • Amazon Business $8.95 1 $8.95
Native American Stories for Kids: 12 Traditional Stories from Indigenous Tribes Across North America • Amazon Business $7.65 1 $7.65
Animals (Korean • English Picture Books) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The History of Juneteenth: A History Book for New Readers (The History of: A History Series for New Readers) • Amazon Business $6.69 1 $6.69
I Need a Hug / Necesito un abrazo (Bilingual) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$274.69

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.12

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$308.81

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.50

Total project goal

$363.31

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $363.31

2 Donors

-$324.22

Donations toward project cost

-$308.81

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.41

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$39.09

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