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Drop Off Locations

Check out our Book Guidelines to find out what types of books we can use in our program. For books that don’t fit the guidelines and needs of our program, please help our volunteers by sorting out and donating those books directly to our friends at Better World Books.

For Large Donations

Large quantities of books collected from book drives or by individuals should be dropped off at the Books Between Kids warehouse. 

The warehouse is only open certain days each week, so please click here to schedule a book drop-off in advance!

Books Between Kids Warehouse
9947 Harwin Dr. Suite B & C
Houston, TX 77036

For Smaller Donations

Smaller book donations (example: the size of a grocery bag) can be dropped off at the below locations. These locations are unable to provide a tax receipt – if you would like one for your records, please schedule with the warehouse or contact volunteer@booksbetweenkids.org

Michael’s Cookie Jar – West University Location
5330 Weslayan Drive
Houston, TX 77005
Monday-Friday: 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Palace Social
4191 Bellaire Blvd., Suite 150
Houston, TX 77025
Monday-Thursday: 3:00 PM – 10 PM
Friday: 3:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Saturday: 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Elizabeth Cole
9000 Hempstead Road, Suite 366
Houston, TX 77008
Sunday and Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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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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