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Mr. S. from WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Serving #Diverse and #Independent Readers

Help me give my students diverse and inclusive beginning readers that reflect their lives in our multicultural world.

  • $576 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

Students at our school learn so much more than the 3Rs. As an international school, students spend half the day in a Spanish or Mandarin language immersion classroom and half in English Language Arts. Add to that the cultural and economic diversity of our families and you've got the recipe for a great education of what makes our multicultural society a magnet for people from around the world.

#DiverseStudents like ours need #DiverseBooks at a beginning reading level to help them learn to read welcoming books reflecting their lives and those of our school community.

As an international school, our library strives to introduce new resources into lives of students that reflect their home cultures and experiences, bridging their families' home culture and dreams for success in America. Having a strong school library collection, especially for our students developing their independent reading skills, helps open a world of learning. Thanks.

My Project

Building a strong and diverse collection of early readers helps newly independent readers discover the power of reading through books that reflect their own lives and those in the communities in which they live.

#WeNeedDiverseBooks has sparked authors to create a wave of new books that reach all students, including early readers.

By focusing our literacy project on beginning readers, your support with provide a library that is both diverse and inclusive of our multicultural student population. Teaching students the power of libraries also sends books home a message to parents, many of whom are second language learners themselves, that our library is for everyone.

Mr. S.
Grades PreK-2

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Super Side-Quest Test!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #6) • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98
Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes • AKJ Education $14.59 2 $29.18
Happy in Our Skin • AKJ Education $14.39 2 $28.78
Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Press Start!) • Amazon Business $13.25 2 $26.50
Marisol McDonald no combina / Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match • AKJ Education $13.10 2 $26.20
Pinkalicious: School Rules! • AKJ Education $12.40 2 $24.80
The Book with No Pictures • Amazon Business $12.24 2 $24.48
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Spirit Week Showdown • Amazon Business $11.89 2 $23.78
Unicorns and Germs (Zoey and Sassafras) • Amazon Business $11.72 2 $23.44
Peanut Butter and Jelly (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #3) • Amazon Business $6.26 3 $18.78
Narwhal's Otter Friend (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #4) • Amazon Business $9.33 2 $18.66
Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
Super Rabbit Boy Blasts Off!: A Branches Book (Press Start! #5) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
I Lived on Butterfly Hill • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Pastel Para Enemigos / Enemy Pie • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
The Pink Hat • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Fancy Nancy: Every Day Is Earth Day • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
A Leap for Legadema: The True Story of a Little Leopard in a Big World (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Mya in the Middle • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Nina Bonita / Pretty Girl • AKJ Education $11.67 1 $11.67
Lola Reads to Leo • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-Up • Amazon Business $5.83 1 $5.83
Yasmin the Fashionista • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99

Materials cost

$416.13

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$36.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.24

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$488.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$86.26

Total project goal

$575.04

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$575.04

3 Donors

-$575.04

Donations toward project cost

-$488.78

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$86.26

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$0.00

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