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Ms. Berfield from Reno, NV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Uncover Culture Through Books

Help me give my students a diverse set of books from a unique group of authors.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Berfield's classroom raised $637

This project is fully funded

My Project

Read, Explore, Learn, Discover is the goal of this project. The books I have choosen will diversify our school library. Students that often don't see themselves now will. These books will encourage children to learn about people that have made inventions which improved our lives.

Beyond its importance as part of the right to education, literacy improves lives by expanding capabilities which in turn reduces poverty, increases participation in the labour market and has positive effects on health and sustainable development.

Help us improve lives and lift children to reach their life goals.

Ms. Berfield High Desert Montessori School Silverada Campus Grades PreK-2

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Drum Dream Girl How One Girls Courage Changed Music (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $22.00 1 $22.00
Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set (paperback book set) • MahoganyBooks $21.57 1 $21.57
Remember (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
A Day With No Words (neurodiversity hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Mae Among the Stars (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 1 $19.00
Islandborn (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 1 $18.00
The Day You Begin (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.10 1 $17.10
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $17.00 1 $17.00
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Picture Book Edition (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
The Undefeated (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
M Is for Melanin A Celebration of the Black Child (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $16.19 1 $16.19
Last Stop on Market Street (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
Where Are You From? (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
We Are Water Protectors (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 1 $15.00
This is Your Time (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $14.39 1 $14.39
Native Americans in History: A History Book for Kids (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $14.00 1 $14.00
A Little Book About Culture (board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $13.00 1 $13.00
Lil' Libros: VÁMONOS: San Juan (bilingual English/Spanish board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Lil' Libros: VÁMONOS: Havana (bilingual English/Spanish board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Lil' Libros: VÁMONOS: Bogota (bilingual English/Spanish board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Lil' Libros: VÁMONOS: Antigua (bilingual English/Spanish board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Lil' Libros: VÁMONOS: Oaxaca (bilingual English/Spanish board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Lil' Libros: VÁMONOS: Tegucigalpa (bilingual English/Spanish board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Change Sings (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Pink Is for Boys (board book) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Other Words for Home (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Como Yo / Like Me SPANISH Edition (hardcover) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Concrete Kids (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Max and the Tag-Along Moon (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Life in Motion: Unlikely Ballerina Young Readers Edition (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
A Good Kind of Trouble (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
One Love (board book) • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19

Materials cost

$498.37

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$540.85

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$95.44

Total project goal

$636.29

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $636.29

1 Donor

-$636.29

Donations toward project cost

-$540.85

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$95.44

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