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Every Child Deserves to be a Book Owner

June 26, 2016 by NVo

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Kids Helping Kids

September 13, 2014 by NVo

Looking for a program where you can volunteer as a family? We love it when families volunteer together, and these families love it too! Jack (age 12) and his mom spent quite a few Saturday mornings at the Books Between Kids warehouse last year, satisfying his scouting requirements, and in his own words, Jack wanted […]

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Social Media Madness

August 15, 2014 by NVo

Books Between Kids has been on Facebook for a while, and now for those of you who are Twitter fans, you can follow us there as well!  Our timing couldn’t be better, as the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation’s (BBHLF) social media competition kicked off yesterday!  As a non-profit organization, we could win the cash […]

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Thank You

June 2, 2014 by NVo

We at Books Between Kids are so grateful to the organizations and individuals that have stepped up beside us in this effort and held book drives this year.  Their efforts led to more than 50,000 books being collected right here in Houston on behalf of our program.  A big Books Between Kids thank you goes […]

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Better World Books

June 2, 2014 by NVo

Founded in 2002, Better World Books takes social and environmental responsibility to heart. So far, they have converted more than 117 million books into over $15 million in funds for literacy and education. In the process, they’ve diverted more than 73,000 tons of books from landfills. We have been blessed to cross paths with them, […]

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HISD Video Spotlights Books Between Kids and Better World Books

June 2, 2014 by NVo

May is our favorite month because there is so much celebrating going on in our world. This year, we celebrated reading and books with children at 32 different schools – and boy, were they excited about their new books!! We have so many great memories stored away! HISD’s press department joined us at one of […]

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This school year was one for the books! We hosted This school year was one for the books! We hosted 56 Book Celebrations in HISD elementary schools and early childhood centers! 

Over 29,000 HISD students had the opportunity to choose 6 books each to take home and keep! Thank you to each of our school coordinators who help make these Book Celebrations possible!
We are so proud to have been selected for #TheStar We are so proud to have been selected for #TheStarbucksFoundation #NeighborhoodGrants. Thank you to the Starbucks partners (employees) in our community!
This week, eight schools hosted their BBK Book Cel This week, eight schools hosted their BBK Book Celebration just in time for summer vacation! Over 4,900 kids were able to choose six books each to take home and keep! That’s a total of 32,560 books!!🎉🎉
Our Breakfast Bingo was a huge success! We are so Our Breakfast Bingo was a huge success! We are so grateful to each of you who attended, donated and played for the kids!

We can’t wait to see all of the kids who will become book owners thanks to your support and we’re looking forward to 10 more years of filling bookshelves in Houston!
We can’t wait to see you tomorrow morning at Bre We can’t wait to see you tomorrow morning at Breakfast Bingo! We have more than $15,000 worth of prizes and raffle items that have been generously donated. We can’t wait to see who wins them!
Books Between Kids has the best volunteers! In 202 Books Between Kids has the best volunteers! In 2023, we’ve had 613 volunteers help out in our warehouse for a total of 1,764.75 hours!!

We are so grateful to have passionate volunteer groups like these pictured, who support our mission and help us get books to kids!

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