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 80,000 books through these partners during the 2024-25 school year.
Agape Development | Provided books for the children in the Backyard Bible Club to take home before the holidays.
Alief ISD Reads | Alief ISD Reads is a reading initiative for third graders at three Alief elementary schools in which mentors visit and read to classes and answer questions about literacy. The children were also provided bookshelves to take home made by the teenagers at the Alief Center for Advanced Careers. We provided three books for each third grader to take home and put on their new shelves.
Alpha Alpha Eta Omega | Provided books for them to give away with their food packages in the summer and for their summer kickoff event.
A Lighted Path | Provided books for A Lighted Path to take to the kids at the Nabor House Community as a Christmas gift.
AVDA | Provided books for children that receive services from Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse and to give away at outreach events.
Backpack Buddies – Aldine | Provided one book for each child’s backpack routinely throughout the year.
BakerRipley | Provided books for the kids in their home-based program and the kids in their head-start program.
Barrio Dogs | Provided books for their Youth and Paws events.
Baylor College of Medicine Health Professionals Against Interpersonal Violence | This group holds health fairs for families being served by The Bridge Over Troubled Waters. We provided books for the group to give out to the kids at their health fairs.
Bear Creek Kinder Care | Provided books for the kids at the daycare to take home and keep.
Big Brothers Big Sisters | Gave books to be distributed at their back to school events.
Blessings in a Backpack | Provided books for every child who received a backpack.
Brain Builders | Provided books for their meet-ups with parents who participate in their 6-week program to help develop language skills for their kids.
Bread of Life Inc. | Provided books for their back to school community event and brought books to their community health fair.
Breakthrough Houston | Provided books to give away during their summer programming for middle and high schoolers.
Buckner Family Hope Center | Gave out books at open house event.
Bush ES | Provided books for each student to take one home for their holiday break.
Chinquapin Prep | Gave books to be distributed to students and their siblings at their Fall Festival.
Cimarron ES | Provided books for their Family Literacy Night.
City of Refuge Church | Provided books for their back to school event.
Clinica Mi Doctor | Gave books to distribute at their family events.
Community Health Choice | Provided books to be distributed to kids at their member events.
Connect YMCA | Brought books to their Back to School Festival.
Cypress Health Center | Provided books for them to give out to patients to promote literacy.
DePelchin Children’s Center | Gave bath books for the babies in their Help Me Grow program and provided books to the kids in their Parents as Teachers program.
Dress for Success | Provided books for the children of the women in the Professional Women’s Group to choose from at their back to school event.
East Spring Branch Food Pantry | Give books routinely for the families who visit the pantry to choose from and take home.
English Gateway | Gave books to stock their free book shelf and encourage parents to read at home with kids.
Etoile Academy Charter School | Provided books for their Family Literacy Night to both Etoile Academy locations.
Everyday Love Ministries | Provided books for their back to school event and read across America events.
Forest Brook MS | Provided books to be given out to students to improve their reading levels.
Friends of the Bellaire Library | Provided books for the Bellaire Library to give away at their Holiday in the Park event.
Harris County Juvenile Probation Department | Routinely provide books to be chosen by siblings during visitation time and taken hope to keep.
Heights Interfaith Ministries Food Pantry | Provide books routinely to go on their “Free book” shelves in the food pantry.
HISD Parent Summit | Provided books for HISD SPED employees to give out to kids at their Parent Summit.
HISD Summer Sizzle Kits | Provided books for HISD to put into summer kits alongside school supplies and other resources.
Hope Clinic | Provided books to be distributed to patients and families during their baby showers.
Hope Through Housing Foundation | Gave books to be distributed at their Back to School events.
House of Tiny Treasures | Gave away books to the kids at their back to school event, their Fall Festival and holiday party.
Houston Classical Charter School | Gave away books at their curriculum night.
Humble ISD Storybook Super Readers | Provided books to give out as they enroll children for literacy programming.
Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston | Provided books to be given out at their Fall Family Festival.
Kids’ Meals | Gave out books at their Trunk or Treat event and their annual Christmas party.
King ES (Katy ISD) | Provided books for their Literacy Night.
KIPP Connect Primary School | Provided books to be given out to students to promote reading at home.
KIPP Peace ES | Attended their literacy night to give away books.
Las Americas MS | Provided books for their Literacy Night.
Laundry-4U | Provided books to be distributed to kids who visit their laundromats alongside backpacks and school supplies.
Literacy Now |Provided baby books to be distributed on their Reading Express bus.
Lyons Unity MBC | Provided books to be given out at their back to school festival.
Martin ES | Provided books for their fourth graders to practice reading at home.
Minaret Foundation | Provided books for their StoryStars reading program. Kids receive a bag with goodies and can pick out a book to add to their bag.
MLK Jr. Clinic | Gave the pediatric clinic books for kids to take home during their wellness visits.
Molina Healthcare | Gave books to add to their baby bundles given to expecting and postpartum mothers and attended their community baby shower to pass out books.
Moment of Silence Grief Foundation | Provided books for them to give away at a community event.
My Connect Community | Provided books for their free book shelves.
Neighbors in Action | Provided books to give away during their weekly programs.
New Life Tabernacle | Provided books to give out to kids during their summer enrichment program.
Normandy Crossing ES | Provided books for staff to give out at their family literacy night.
North Shore MS | Provided books for their Literacy Night to be given out to students and their younger siblings.
O’Donnell MS | Gave books to be distributed at their Meet the Teacher Night.
Portfolio Resident Services – Hollow Apartments | Provided books to keep in the community center to give out to residents.
Portfolio Resident Services – Mission at Baytown Apartments | Provided books for them to give out to their residents during the summer.
Portfolio Resident Services – Park at Woodwind Lakes | Provided books for their Summer Reading Club.
Portfolio Resident Services – Seville Place Apartments | Gave books to be distributed to the families they serve.
Portfolio Resident Services – Uvalde Apartments | Provided books to keep in the community center to give out to residents.
Precious Stones Academy | Gave books for their new reading program where volunteers read to the kids and then the kids are able to take books home.
Premier High School Greenspoint | Provided books for students to take home after completing their tests.
Rainbow Housing Assistance Corporation | Provided books to be passed out at their community center.
Raymond James Affordable Housing | Provided books for their Back to School Fair.
Rise School of Houston | Provided books to be used for learning and then given out to the kids to keep.
Share the Word | Routinely provide Christian books to go to children in low-income churches to take home and keep.
Spirit Inc. | Provided books to be taken to daycare centers and distributed to kids.
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.
State Rep. Penny Morales Shaw | Provided books for their office to distribute at a Fall Fit Fest at Edgewood Elementary School.
St. James Family Life Center | Gave books to be distributed through their Parent University program.
Sunrise Centers | Provide books routinely for kids of all ages who visit the HISD Sunrise Centers to choose from and take home to keep.
Teacher’s Aid | Provide books and teaching materials to be used in classrooms routinely throughout the year.
Texas School Ready | Provided books for their Family Care Providers to bring to the families they serve.
The Freedom Child Foundation | Provided books for them to take to their events. The Freedom Child Foundation serves children who have incarcerated parents and hosts “prison parties” where the children get to visit and play games, eat food and pick out books.
Urban Strategies | Brought books to their Back to School Fair and provided books for their enrollment events.
UT Physicians | Provide books for children to take home when they come for their well child visits.
Vecino Health Centers | Provided books for their health and literacy programming so that kids and families can build their home libraries and practice reading.
Westbury Pediatrics | Provided books for children to pick out when they come to their well child visits.
Woodland Acres ES | Provided books for the school to distribute to kids during Read Across America week.
Yes Prep Gulfton | Provided books for the Gulfton Spring Community Fair.
Yes Prep North Central Elementary | Gave books to be distributed to kids at their family events and to assist the kids in the Waves of Pages program.
Youens ES | Provided books for their Family Literacy Night.
YoungLives | Provided books to give out to the young moms and babies they serve at their gatherings.
Ziggy Champion Kids | Provided books to be given out to kids at their Community events.
