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Building home libraries for children in need

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Every Child Deserves to be a Book Owner

Books Between Kids is a non-profit organization serving Houston’s at-risk children by providing them with books to build their own home libraries.


Making a Difference

About 85% of Houston ISD’s elementary-aged children live at or below the poverty line.  Priorities for these children and their families are food, clothing and shelter – all other items fall into the category of “want”.  Research has shown that children growing up in homes without books, where books are considered a luxury, are less likely to complete a basic education than their peers who do have books available at home (University of Nevada, 2010).

Books Between Kids strives to change this by collecting gently used books and distributing them to children in need.  Please join us in our mission to put books into the hands of Houston’s children by making a financial donation, giving books, organizing a book drive or volunteering your time!

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Books Distributed to Kids Since May 2013. We are transforming lives book by book!

Our Programs


Books Between Kids addresses a desperate need in our community, the need for children to have access to books outside of school.  Since we were founded, in the Fall of 2012, our mission has been to get books into the hands of economically disadvantaged children in Houston.

Throughout the year, we collect new and gently-used books, sort them, and prepare them for distribution to children in Greater Houston. We currently operate three book distribution programs: Book Celebrations on the campuses of partner schools, Community Partner distributions, and the Book A Month program. 

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Our friends from the Houston Food Bank joined us i Our friends from the Houston Food Bank joined us in the BBK warehouse for a morning of sorting and stickering books! It was so fun to work alongside the people who distribute our books all year long through programs such as Backpack Buddies, Books for Better Lives/Kids Cafe, and Teacher’s Aid. Thanks for coming!!!💙📚
Thank you to PNC Bank for sponsoring our May ECC B Thank you to PNC Bank for sponsoring our May ECC Book Celebrations through financial and volunteer support! We are so grateful for your dedication to early childhood education and book ownership! #PNCGrowUpGreat
What a fantastic school year for BBK!! We held 52 What a fantastic school year for BBK!! We held 52 Book Celebrations across Houston and gave away 194,835 books to over 29,000 kids!!! We are truly honored to build so many home libraries across the city! 

We hope you have a great summer and enjoy your 6 books!!📚☀️
Please donate any gently used books that your chil Please donate any gently used books that your child has finished reading and help us fill the bookshelves of other Houston children! Visit the following link to sign up for a book drop-off appointment: https://booking.appointy.com/en-US/bbk/bookings/service

Thanks for your continued support!❤️📚
We honored our Volunteer and Partner of the Year f We honored our Volunteer and Partner of the Year for 2021 at our Breakfast Bingo event! Thanks to our Volunteer of the year, Darren Simien Fisher and our partner of the year, the Houston Food Bank. How fun to celebrate those who contribute so much to our mission!
Thanks to everyone who joined us this morning for Thanks to everyone who joined us this morning for our Breakfast Bingo! We had a blast playing 8 rounds of bingo and handing out prizes thanks to our generous donors.

We are so grateful for each of you who helped us reach our goal of $15,000 today! More books for more Houston kids!!💛📚❤️

Books Between Kids is honored to receive support from these wonderful organizations.

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