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Mrs. Neys from Pleasant Hill CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Windows and Mirrors: Collecting Multicultural Books for a School Library

Help me give my students more diverse picture and chapter books to reflect the range of cultures at our school.

  • $661 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Our students are vibrant, curious, friendly, and love the library! They always inquire if I have this book or that book, and if I don't, can I get it!

After I have read aloud a picture book or began a new chapter book, many students ask if they can check it out.

Although I don't often have multiple copies and always wish I did, I enjoy their enthusiasm and desire to revisit a story or finish one that they just started.

My Project

These culturally diverse picture and chapter books will be used in the library for discussion during read-alouds as well as for book check out.

Children want to see themselves reflected in books, as well as read about other diverse characters.

I'd love to see my students return to the school library in person next school year and find more books that reflect the range of cultures and races at our school have been added to the collection. They will see them on display in the library and know they are available to check out.

Mrs. Neys
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Clean Getaway (Thorndike Press Large Print Literacy Bridge Series) • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
American as Paneer Pie • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Fast Pitch • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Class Act • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
Feast for 10 • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
When Aidan Became a Brother • Amazon Business $16.74 1 $16.74
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina • Amazon Business $16.13 1 $16.13
The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
All the Colors We Are/Todos los colores de nuestra piel: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color/La historia de por quĂ© tenemos diferentes colores de piel • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Ohana Means Family • Amazon Business $15.20 1 $15.20
I Am Every Good Thing • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Before the Ever After • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
When Stars Are Scattered • Amazon Business $14.87 1 $14.87
The Water Princess • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
My Papi Has a Motorcycle • Amazon Business $14.47 1 $14.47
All Because You Matter • Amazon Business $13.87 1 $13.87
Jabari Jumps • Amazon Business $13.76 1 $13.76
Last Stop on Market Street • Amazon Business $13.08 1 $13.08
Save Me a Seat • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
I Am Enough • Amazon Business $12.45 1 $12.45
Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet • Amazon Business $12.34 1 $12.34
The Gift of Ramadan • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Untitled Zanib Mian 2 (Planet Omar) • Amazon Business $11.53 1 $11.53
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners • Amazon Business $11.33 1 $11.33
Other Words for Home • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
Tell me! what is the Ramadan ?: An Islamic story for children wondering about Ramadan (Islamic book for children) • Amazon Business $9.90 1 $9.90
Sulwe • Amazon Business $9.64 1 $9.64
Let's Talk About Race • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Best at It • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Shades of People • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
I Wish You More (Encouragement Gifts for Kids, Uplifting Books for Graduation) • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Hair Love • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
Becoming Muhammad Ali • Amazon Business $6.74 1 $6.74
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks • Amazon Business $6.27 1 $6.27

Materials cost

$469.55

Vendor shipping charges

$11.97

Sales tax

$42.96

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.04

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$561.52

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.09

Total project goal

$660.61

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$660.61

0 Donors

-$0.00

Donations toward project cost

-$0.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

match offer

-$660.61

Match offer toward project cost

-$561.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.09

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$0.00

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