Books Between Kids is proud to collaborate with community organizations providing literacy programming to children in Harris County or schools where Books Between Kids doesn’t hold a traditional book celebration.
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Approval is subject to availability. Books distributed must go home with the children your organization serves.
We distributed more than 67,000 books through these partners during the 2023-24 school year.
Alpha Alpha Eta Omega | Provided books for the kids to choose from at their community book fair.
Attack Poverty | Provided books for kids to choose from in their after school program.
AVDA | Provided books for children that receive services from Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse.
Backpack Buddies – Aldine | Provided one book for each child’s backpack routinely throughout the year.
Baker Ripley | Gave board books for their mobile library for kids under the age of 5 to pick from and keep. Also provided books for their home-based program and their headstart graduates.
Big Brothers Big Sisters | Provides books for their “free book” shelves, their Back to School Fest and their Holiday Extravaganza.
Bread of Life Inc. | Provided books for their back to school community event and brought books to their community health fair.
Briscoe ES | Provided books for their Family Literacy Night for kids to choose and take home.
Buckner Family Hope Center | Gave out books at their Back to School Bash and a Community Fair.
Bush ES | Provided more than 800 books for each student to take one home for their holiday break.
Camp Hope | Gave books to summer camps put on by St. James Lutheran Church so that each child could pick out two books.
Cherokee Federal | Provided more than 500 books for their community resource fair for Houston refugees.
Children Interacting After School Alief ISD | Provided books for the kids in their after-school program to participate in a book club and start their own home libraries.
City of Refuge Church | Provided more than 500 books for kids to choose from at their community book fair.
Cloverleaf ES | Provided class sets for 90 students taking part in reading intervention.
Communities in Schools | Provided over 200 books for second-graders to build their home libraries.
Community of Resources | Provided young adult books to be given out at their community event.
Cycle | Provided books for 2nd grade students at Parks ES and Pomeroy ES. Cycle has competitions based on reading minutes, so these books will ensure kids without access have a fair chance to increase their reading minutes.
Davis Ninth Grade School | Provided young adult books for high schoolers to choose from at the academic scholars ceremony.
DePelchin Children’s Center | Gave bath books and stroller books for the babies in their Help Me Grow program.
Dress for Success | Provided books for the children of the women in the Professional Women’s Group to choose from.
East Harris County Empowerment Council | Provided books for kids to choose from at three back to school events.
East Spring Branch Food Pantry | Provide books routinely for the families who visit the pantry to choose from and take home.
ECHOS | Provided books for kids to read in the waiting room and then take home to keep.
Ed White ES | Provided a book to each student to take home over winter break.
Etoile Academy Charter School | Gave books to be distributed to kids at their family literacy night.
Harbor Christian Academy | Provided books to help build home libraries for their students.
Harmony Science Academy | Gave out more than 800 books to be given out to kids at the start of the school year.
Harris County Juvenile Probation Department | Provide books to be chosen by siblings during visitation time and taken home to keep.
Heights Interfaith Ministries Food Pantry | Provide books routinely to go on their “Free book” shelves in the food pantry.
Hope Through Housing Foundation | Provided books for Hope Through Housing staff to distribute during their Read Across America events and some duplicate books to use for book clubs.
House of Tiny Treasures | Provided books to the kids at their holiday party and their Spring Fling.
Houston Classical Charter School | Gave books for over 250 students at their family engagement events.
Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston | Brought books to one of their Women’s Empowerment Group events to give out to kids.
Iota Phi Lambda | Provided books for their back to school fairs.
Kid’s Meals | Gave out books at their Trunk or Treat event and their annual Christmas party. We also distributed books throughout their routes during Read Across America week.
Legacy Community Health | Provided books for kids who visit their clinic to read while waiting and take home to keep following their appointment.
L. F. Smith ES | Gave books to be given out to kids before holiday break.
Literacy Now | Provided more than 400 books to be given out to the kids who receive their reading intervention.
Little Readers for Literacy | Provided books for 45 kids competing in a reading challenge.
Link ES | Provided books for their Family Literacy Night and free bookshelf in the library.
McMullan ES | Gave over 500 books for the librarian’s Backpack Book Giveaway to encourage kids to read over their summer break.
McRoberts ES | Provided books to be given out to kids at their Family Literacy Night.
MLK Jr. Clinic | Gave the pediatric clinic books for kids to take home during their wellness visits.
Neuhaus Education Center | Gave books for their Community Outreach event at Martin Luther King Elementary School.
New Hope Housing Back to School Event | Gave out more than 100 books to New Hope kids at their back to school event.
Normandy Crossing ES | Provided books for staff to give out at their family literacy night.
Northside HS | Gave books for high school students to choose from and take home.
Portfolio Resident Services – Almeda Park | Provided books to stock their little free library which kids get to choose books from to keep at home.
Portfolio Resident Services – Baytown Apartments | Gave books for their summer book fair.
Portfolio Resident Services – Granada Terrace | Provided books to help foster family reading time in their residents.
Portfolio Resident Services – Grand Hampton | Provided books for their summer reading program.
Portfolio Resident Services – Life at Clearwood Apts | Gave 90 books to be distributed to kids in their community center.
Portfolio Resident Services – Seville Place Apts | Gave books to be distributed to the families they serve.
Portfolio Resident Services – The Hollows | Provided books for their kids to start a book club and their own home libraries.
Portfolio Resident Services – Windshire Apts | Provided books for kids to choose from before Christmas.
Rainbow Youth Center | Provided books for their Summer Reading to Achieve! Program.
Rhoads ES | Provided books to be given out to kids at their literacy night.
Rupani Foundation | Gave books to be distributed to kids and parents at their Informed Parenting Program meetings.
Saint James Family Life Center | Provided books to be given out at their Parent University event at the Buckner Center.
Sam Houston HS| Gave out more than 300 books to kids of all ages at their back to school enrollment event and provided books for kids to choose from during the school year.
Share the Word | Routinely provide Christian books to go to children in low-income churches to take home and keep.
Spring Branch Family Development Center/WHLI | Give books throughout the year to be given out to kids at the family development center. Delivery of the books is coordinated and completed by the West Houston Leadership Institute.
Stories Through the Ages | Provided books for the group to take to two HISD middle schools.
Sunrise Centers | Provided books for kids of all ages who visit the Sunrise Centers to choose from and take home to keep. There are seven Sunrise Centers across Houston and we provide books to five centers.
Teacher’s Aid | Provide books and teaching materials to be used in classrooms routinely throughout the year.
TITANS Literacy Express | Provided books to be given out to every child who visits the literacy express so that they can take home a book along with their new library card.
The Village Connect | Gave books to be distributed to their families who are episodically homeless.
Today’s Youth | Provided books for the kids to choose from at their community book fair.
Top Ladies of Distinction – Lake Houston Chapter | Gave books to be distributed to kids at the Santa Maria Hostel and their Top Teens of America program.
Urban Strategies | Provided them with bilingual board books for their family education events to be given to kids/parents.
UTHealth Houston | Provided books for their Bridge to Health Fair
UT Physicians | Provided books to be chosen by kids who stop by the clinic and visit their doctor.
Vardeman PBAT Team – Aldine ISD | Gave books for the kids receiving speech therapy to take home and practice reading.
Yes Prep North Central Elementary | Provided books to be given out to students to encourage summer reading.
YMCA Immigrant Youth Services Center | Provided books for their newcomer kids to start their home libraries and assist them in learning English.
Youens ES | Provided books for the 4th graders to take home for summer reading.
